Review Article
The Combination Strategy of Transarterial Chemoembolization and Radiofrequency Ablation or Microwave Ablation against Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Table 1
Comparison of clinical studies in patients with HCC for radiofrequency ablation or microwave ablation.
| References | Methods | Patients | Lesions | Mean age (years) | Size (cm) | Complete ablation rates (%) | Local recurrence rates (%) | Overall survival rates | 1 yr (%) | 3 yr (%) | 5 yr (%) |
| Livraghi et al. [28] | RFA | 218 | — | 68 | ≤2.0 | 98.1 | 0.9 | — | 76 | 55 | Livraghi et al. [30] | RFA | 114 | 126 | 64.4 | 5.4 (mean) | 47.6 | — | — | — | — | Liang et al. [39] | MWA | 1007 | 1363 | 56.3 | 1.0-18.5 (mean) | 97.1a | 5.9 | 91.2 | 72.5 | 59.8 | Dong et al. [40] | MWA | 234 | 339 | | 1.2-8.0 (mean) | 92.0 (US)b | 7.3 | 92.7c | 72.85c | 56.7c |
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aTechnique effectiveness; bcolor Doppler flow signals disappeared in 92.0% (263/286) of the lesions; ccumulative survival rates.
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