A Recent Advance in Image-Guided Locoregional Therapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the fifth most common cancer worldwide and the third most common cause of cancer-related deaths. Hepatic resection and liver transplantation are considered to be the preferred treatment for HCC. However, as novel therapeutic options such as image-guided locoregional therapies have emerged and been refined, the manner in which HCC is treated has changed dramatically compared with what it was considered just 2 decades earlier.

Summary

This study reviews the current results of various image-guided locoregional therapies for treating HCC, especially focusing on thermal ablative and transarterial techniques.

Key message

Advances in image-guided locoregional therapies, including local ablative therapy and transarterial therapy, h

SUBMITTER: Shi Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5121557 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature