Conventional versus drug-eluting beads chemoembolization for infiltrative hepatocellular carcinoma: a comparison of efficacy and safety

Abstract Background To compare the efficacy and safety between conventional transarterial chemoembolization (cTACE) and drug-eluting beads TACE (DEB-TACE) in patients with infiltrative hepatocellular carcinoma (iHCC). Methods A total of 89 iHCC patients who were treated with either cTACE (n = 33) or...

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Main Authors: Zi-shu Zhang, Hui-zhou Li, Cong Ma, Yu-dong Xiao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-11-01
Series:BMC Cancer
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-019-6386-6