Postoperative Adjuvant Transarterial Chemoembolization Improves Short-Term Prognosis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Bile Duct Tumor Thrombus: A Propensity-Score Matching Study.

Qizhen HuangKongying Lin Lei WangJianxing ZengHongzhi LiuZongren DingYongyi ZengJingfeng Liu

Published in: Cancer management and research (2020)

PA-TACE could prolong the short-term prognosis of HCC with macroscopic BDTT and should be recommended for patients with no HBV infection, multiple tumors, tumors >5 cm, poor differentiation, macrovascular invasion, AFP >400 ng/mL, or GGT >150 U/L.

Keyphrases

hepatitis b virus
radiofrequency ablation
early stage
patients undergoing
liver metastases