Open AccessTransarterial chemoembolization combined with microwave ablation and apatinib in patients with Barcelona clinic liver cancer Stage C hepatocellular carcinoma
Author(s) -
Shuanggang Chen,
Lujun Shen,
Zhiyu Qiu,
Han Qi,
Fei Cao,
Lin Xie,
Weijun Fan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/jcrt.jcrt_345_19
Subject(s) - apatinib , microwave ablation , hepatocellular carcinoma , medicine , stage (stratigraphy) , liver cancer , ablation , oncology , cancer , radiology , paleontology , biology
Apatinib combined with transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) has shown promising results in cases of Barcelona clinic liver cancer Stage C (BCLC C) hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). This study aimed to investigate the efficacy and safety of TACE in combination with microwave ablation (MWA) and apatinib.