A Recent Advance in Image-Guided Locoregional Therapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma | Zendy

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A Recent Advance in Image-Guided Locoregional Therapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Author(s) -

Yao Shi,

Bo Zhai

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

gastrointestinal tumors

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2296-3766

pISSN - 2296-3774

DOI - 10.1159/000445888

Subject(s) - medicine , hepatocellular carcinoma , microwave ablation , liver transplantation , radiofrequency ablation , radiology , brachytherapy , radiation therapy , portal vein thrombosis , stage (stratigraphy) , liver cancer , surgery , ablation , transplantation , percutaneous , portal vein , paleontology , biology

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the fifth most common cancer worldwide and the third most common cause of cancer-related deaths. Hepatic resection and liver transplantation are considered to be the preferred treatment for HCC. However, as novel therapeutic options such as image-guided locoregional therapies have emerged and been refined, the manner in which HCC is treated has changed dramatically compared with what it was considered just 2 decades earlier.

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