Up-to-seven criteria as a useful predictor for tumor downstaging to within Milan criteria and Child-Pugh grade deterioration after initial conventional transarterial chemoembolization.
Yutaka YasuiKaoru TsuchiyaMasayuki KurosakiTakaya TakeguchiYuko TakeguchiMao OkadaWan WangYohei KubotaTomoyuki GotoYasuyuki KomiyamaMayu HiguchiKenta TakauraTsuguru HayashiHitomi TakadaNobuharu TamakiHiroyuki NakanishiJun ItakuraYuka TakahashiYasuhiro AsahinaNobuyuki EnomotoYoshiro HimenoNamiki IzumiPublished in: Hepatology research : the official journal of the Japan Society of Hepatology (2018)
The up-to-seven criteria had prognostic value and could predict non-critical recurrence and maintenance of Child-Pugh grade in patients who underwent initial conventional TACE.