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ArticleCancer management and research2018

Transcatheter arterial chemoembolization monotherapy vs combined transcatheter arterial chemoembolization-percutaneous microwave coagulation therapy for massive hepatocellular carcinoma (≥10 cm).

Yanyan Wei, Feng Dai, Tianhui Zhao, Chen Tao, Lili Wang, Wei Ye, Wei Zhao

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Article in Cancer management and research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yanyan WeiLiver Disease Department, The Second Hospital of Nanjing, Medical School of Southeast University, Nanjing, China, yeweiseu@163.com; zhaoweiseu@126.com.
Feng DaiLiver Disease Department, The Second Hospital of Nanjing, Medical School of Southeast University, Nanjing, China, yeweiseu@163.com; zhaoweiseu@126.com.
Tianhui ZhaoLiver Disease Department, The Second Hospital of Nanjing, Medical School of Southeast University, Nanjing, China, yeweiseu@163.com; zhaoweiseu@126.com.
Chen TaoLiver Disease Department, The Second Hospital of Nanjing, Medical School of Southeast University, Nanjing, China, yeweiseu@163.com; zhaoweiseu@126.com.
Lili WangLiver Disease Department, The Second Hospital of Nanjing, Medical School of Southeast University, Nanjing, China, yeweiseu@163.com; zhaoweiseu@126.com.
Wei YeLiver Disease Department, The Second Hospital of Nanjing, Medical School of Southeast University, Nanjing, China, yeweiseu@163.com; zhaoweiseu@126.com.
Wei ZhaoLiver Disease Department, The Second Hospital of Nanjing, Medical School of Southeast University, Nanjing, China, yeweiseu@163.com; zhaoweiseu@126.com.
Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe prognosis of massive hepatocellular carcinomas (MHCCs; ≥10 cm) remains worse. PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical benefits of transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) or TACE combined with percutaneous microwave coagulation therapy (PMCT) and the long-term survival rate of MHCC patients treated with these techniques. PATIENTS AND

methodsA retrospective study was performed using data involving 102 MHCC patients admitted to the Second Hospital of Nanjing from September 2010 to August 2015. The median interval between treatments and overall survival (OS) was hierarchically analyzed using log-rank tests. Multivariate analysis was done using Cox regression model analysis.

resultsThe median survival time of MHCC patients was 3 months (range, 1-10 months) in the palliative group, 3 months (range, 1-39 months) in the TACE group, and 7.5 months (range, 3-30 months) in the TACE-PMCT group (

conclusionsThese results indicated that TACE-PMCT treatment in MHCC patients had advantages in prolonging OS and improving liver function. Multiple TACE treatments might be a suitable treatment for the MHCC patients.

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massive hepatocellular carcinomapercutaneous microwave coagulation therapyPMCTTACEtranscatheter arterial chemoembolization

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