Effectiveness of drug-eluting bead transarterial chemoembolization versus conventional transarterial chemoembolization for small hepatocellular carcinoma in Child-Pugh class A patients.

In Joon LeeJeong-Hoon LeeYun Bin LeeYoon Jun KimJung-Hwan YoonYong Hu YinMyungsu LeeSaebeom HurHyo-Cheol KimHwan Jun JaeJin Wook Chung

Published in: Therapeutic advances in medical oncology (2019)

DEB-TACE is followed by significantly shorter PFS than cTACE in patients with nodular HCCs (n ⩽ 5) and Child-Pugh class A, although OS is comparable. Postembolization syndrome occurs more frequently in cTACE than in DEB-TACE.

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radiofrequency ablation
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