Radiofrequency Ablation of Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Literature Review

Table 2

Local tumor progression rates after RFA for HCC.

Author	Year	𝑛	Tumor size; (mean, cm)	Follow-up period; (mean, months)	Local tumor progression rate; (%)
Rossi et al. [26]	1996	41	2.3	22.6	5.0
Buscarimi et al. [27]	2001	60	ND	26.8	14
Choi et al. [28]	2004	53	2.1	23	21
Lu et al. [29]	2005	87	2.5	12.7	5.8
Shiina et al. [30]	2005	118	ND	34.8	1.7
Solmi et al. [31]	2006	63	2.8	32.3	41
Hänsler et al. [32]	2007	21	4.2	ND	21
Waki et al. [33]	2010	88	ND	36	4.8
Li et al. [34]	2010	117	2.4	21	9.4

HCC: hepatocellular carcinoma; ND: not described; RFA: radiofrequency ablation.