Microwave ablation after downstaging of hepatocellular carcinoma: outcome was similar to tumor within Milan criteria.

Feng ShiShanshan LianQicong MaiZhiqiang MoWenhang ZhuangWei CuiLujun ShenMeng ChenPeihong WuXiao-Ming Chen

Published in: European radiology (2020)

• Patients treated with MWA of HCC after downstaging with transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) were similar to those with HCC that initially met Milan criteria. • Microwave ablation (MWA) can be an effective treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) that is downstaged to the Milan criteria.

Keyphrases

radiofrequency ablation
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