Recurrence incidence of small HCC in cirrhosis patients by ablation versus injection

BACKGROUND/AIMS: The incidence of local recurrence of hypervascular hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) (15 mm or less) was compared retrospectively between a group treated with radiofrequency ablation (RFA) using cool-tip (Radionics, USA) 10-mm electrodes and a group treated with percutaneous ethanol injection (PEI).

METHODOLOGY: There were 23 patients who were treated for a total of 25 tumors during a 3-year period at our hospital. Ten of the tumors (11.1 +/- 2.7mm) were treated with RFA using cool-tip 10-mm electrodes and 15 tumors (10.6 +/- 2.7 mm) were treated with PEI. After treatment, progression was evaluated in enhanced CT scans every 3-6 months to confirm presence or absence of local recurrence.

RESULTS: The number of recurrences, mean observation period, and mean recurrence period in the RFA group were 2 (20%), 6.6 months, and 6 months. The number of recurrences, mean observation period, and mean recurrence period in the PEI group were 2 (13.3%), 19.1 months, and 18 months. The period between treatment and recurrence tended to be longer in the PEI group than in the RFA group to be significant p < 0.05.

CONCLUSIONS: The results suggest that PEI treatment is more effective in local treatment of hypervascular HCC with tumor diameters of 15 mm or less.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2010

Erschienen:

2010

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:57

Enthalten in:

Hepato-gastroenterology - 57(2010), 98 vom: 25. März, Seite 195-201

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wakui, Noritaka [VerfasserIn]
Iida, Kazunari [VerfasserIn]
Ikehara, Takashi [VerfasserIn]
Takayama, Ryuji [VerfasserIn]
Shiozawa, Kazue [VerfasserIn]
Takahashi, Masayoshi [VerfasserIn]
Nagai, Hidenari [VerfasserIn]
Watanabe, Manabu [VerfasserIn]
Ishii, Koji [VerfasserIn]
Igarashi, Yoshinori [VerfasserIn]
Sumino, Yasukiyo [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

3K9958V90M
Comparative Study
Ethanol
Journal Article

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 13.08.2010

Date Revised 21.11.2013

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM199153140