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Case Report Treatment of Small Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Transarterial Chemoembolization and Consecutive Radiofrequency Ablation
Byung Kook Kim1, So Young Kwon1, Soon-Young Ko1, Won Hyeok Choe1, Chang Hong Lee1, Min Woo Lee2, Young Jun Kim2, Sang Woo Park2
Journal of Liver Cancer 2008;8(1):115-119
DOI: https://doi.org/
Published online: June 30, 2008
1Department of Internal Medicine, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
2Department of Radiology, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
Corresponding author:  So Young Kwon,
Email: sykwonmd@kuh.ac.kr
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Surgical resection has been considered to be the best treatment for early-stage hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, radiofrequency ablation (RFA) has been reported to be more effective than other local ablation treatments and transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) in achieving complete tumor necrosis. Recently, combined chemoembolization and RFA may improve both overall and recurrence-free survival rates in patients with early stage HCC. RFA have not been applied in cases of that tumors were non-visualization on ultrasonography, and located near by large vessels, main bile ducts, and major extra-hepatic organs. we found that tumor, which was not shown on ultrasonography before TACE, can be visible for several days just after TACE. We report the clinical course and complete necrosis of tumor in two cases of small HCC by TACE and consecutive RFA within a few days.


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