ArticleCancers2021
Comparison of Overall Survival between Surgical Resection and Radiofrequency Ablation for Hepatitis B-Related Hepatocellular Carcinoma.
Article in Cancers, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 13 citations in OpenAlex.
- Liver resection versus radiofrequency ablation for hepatocellular carcinoma: A systemic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Pooled it
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- Angiography-Assisted Cone-Beam CT-Guided Radiofrequency Ablation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Single-Center Workflow and Early Outcomes.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- TMEM97 is transcriptionally activated by YY1 and promotes colorectal cancer progression via the GSK-3β/β-catenin signaling pathway.Human cell · 2022Article
- Comparison of surgical resection and radiofrequency ablation for stages I and II elderly hepatocellular carcinoma patients (≥ 65 years): A SEER population-based propensity score matching's study.Frontiers in oncology · 2022Article
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Abstract
It remains controversial whether surgical resection, compared to radiofrequency ablation (RFA), improves overall survival (OS) in patients with early hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). This study aimed to compare OS after RFA with that after resection for HCC. This retrospective study included patients who underwent RFA or surgical resection as initial treatment for hepatitis B virus (HBV)-related HCC at a very early or early stage. A total of 761 patients (RFA,
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