Small Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Treatment with Radio-frequency Ablation versus Ethanol Injection

19991,280 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Tito Livraghi · Ospedale Civile Di Ivrea

S. Nahum Goldberg · Harvard University Press

Sergio Lazzaroni · Ospedale degli Infermi

Maria Franca Meloni · Ospedale Civile Di Ivrea

Luigi Solbiati · Fondazione Humanitas per la Ricerca

G. Scott Gazelle · Harvard University Press

Abstract

RF ablation results in a higher rate of complete necrosis and requires fewer treatment sessions than percutaneous ethanol injection. However, the complication rate is higher with RF ablation than with percutaneous ethanol injection. RF ablation is the treatment of choice for most patients with HCC.

Topics & Keywords

Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Liver Disease and Transplantation

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Radiology

Volume 210, Issue 3, pp. 655-661

DOI: 10.1148/radiology.210.3.r99fe40655

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