The tumor burden score may be a discriminator in microwave ablation versus liver resection for hepatocellular carcinoma within the Milan criteria: a propensity score matching and inverse probability of treatment weighting study

PurposeThis study aims to compare the prognostic outcome of resection (RES) and microwave ablation (MWA) in different tumor burden score (TBS) cohorts.Patients and MethodsWe retrospectively analyzed 479 patients with primary hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) who underwent RES (n = 329) or MWA (n = 150)...

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Published in:Frontiers in Oncology
Main Authors: Zeyuan Wei, Kailing Xie, Feng Xu, Chaoliu Dai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2024-02-01
Subjects:
liver resection
microwave ablation
hepatocellular carcinoma
tumor burden score
prognosis
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fonc.2024.1330851/full

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