Multicenter prospective study of stereotactic body radiotherapy for previously untreated solitary primary hepatocellular carcinoma: The STRSPH study.
Tomoki KimuraAtsuya TakedaNaoko SanukiKeisuke AriyoshiTakuhiro YamaguchiToshiyuki ImagumbaiNorio KatohTakahisa EriguchiYohei OkuShuichi OzawaYuichiro TsurugaiMasaki KokuboShinichi ShimizuSatoshi IshikuraPublished in: Hepatology research : the official journal of the Japan Society of Hepatology (2021)
This study showed acceptably low incidence of SBRT-related toxicities. LC and OS after SBRT were comparable for previously untreated solitary HCC for patients unfit for resection and RFA. Although a definitive conclusion cannot be drawn by this study, the promising results indicate that SBRT may be an alternative option in the management of early HCC.