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ReviewSeminars in interventional radiology2023

Chemoembolization Plus Ablation: Current Status.

Farnaz Dadrass, Pascal Acree, Edward Kim

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Review in Seminars in interventional radiology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed, 0 citations in OpenAlex.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Farnaz DadrassDepartment of Diagnostic, Molecular and Interventional Radiology, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, New York.
Pascal AcreeDepartment of Radiology and Imaging, Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Athens, Georgia.
Edward KimDepartment of Diagnostic, Molecular and Interventional Radiology, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, New York.
Mount Sinai Hospital · USAugusta University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide. The treatment landscape for HCC has evolved significantly over the past decade, with several modalities available to treat various stages of disease. The Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) system provides a foundation for treatment guidance. However, given the complex nature of HCC, a more nuanced approach is often required, especially for lesions sized between 3 and 5 cm. This review aims to analyze the available treatments for early-stage HCC lesions between 3 and 5 cm, with a focus on the therapeutic potential and efficacy of transarterial chemoembolization (TACE)-ablation. Additional therapies including TACE, ablation, transarterial radioembolization, and surgical resection are also reviewed and compared with TACE-ablation. TACE-ablation is a viable therapeutic option for early-stage HCC lesions between 3 and 5 cm. Surgical resection remains the gold standard. Although recent studies suggest radiation segmentectomy may be a curative approach for this patient population, further studies are needed to compare the relative efficacies between TACE-ablation and radiation segmentectomy.

Indexed as

ablationchemoembolizationhepatocellular carcinomainterventional oncologyinterventional radiologyTACE–ablation

Identifiers

PMID38274219
PMCPMC10807969
OpenAlexW4391182930

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Registered trials

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