Sustained complete response and complications rates after radiofrequency ablation of very early hepatocellular carcinoma in cirrhosis: Is resection still the treatment of choice?
Azienda Ospedaliera di Desio e Vimercate · Guglielmo da Saliceto Hospital · +4 more institutions
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UNLABELLED: If liver transplantation is not feasible, partial resection is considered the treatment of choice for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in patients with cirrhosis. However, in some centers the first-line treatment for small, single, operable HCC is now radiofrequency ablation (RFA). In the current study, 218 patients with single HCC
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- Hepatocellular carcinoma
- Medicine
- Cirrhosis
- Radiofrequency ablation
- Resection
- Ablation
- Carcinoma
- Internal medicine
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- Good health and well-being
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