Effectiveness of intraprocedural dual-phase cone-beam computed tomography in detecting hepatocellular carcinoma and improving treatment outcomes following conventional transarterial chemoembolization.

ABSTRACT: To investigate the effectiveness of intraprocedural dual-phase cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) in detecting hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) during conventional transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) and its effect on improving treatment outcomes. Between November 2018 and November 2019, data from 111 patients with unresectable HCCs (N = 263 lesions) were reviewed retrospectively. All patients had undergone baseline magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans within one month prior to the procedure. Both arterial-phase (AP) and delayed-phase CBCT images were acquired during all conventional TACEs. Each HCC detection rate when read by AP-CBCT and when read by dual-phase (DP) CBCT including both AP and delayed phase was compared with that of MRI, and the diagnosis of HCC was based on

SUBMITTER: Cho Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7845953 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature