Current status of radiofrequency ablation of hepatocellular carcinoma

作     者：Hyunchul Rhim Hyo K Lim Dongil Choi 

作者机构：Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging ScienceSamsung Medical CenterSungkyunkwan University School of MedicineSeoul 135-710South Korea 

出 版 物：《World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery》 (世界胃肠外科杂志（英文版）（电子版）)

年 卷 期：2010年第2卷第4期

页      面：128-136页

学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100214[医学-肿瘤学] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Image-guided tumor ablation Radiofrequency ablation Hepatocellular carcinoma Thermal ablation Loco-regional therapy 

摘      要：Loco-regional treatments for hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC) are important alternatives to curative transplantation or *** them,radiofrequency ablation(RFA) is accepted as the most popular technique showing excellent local tumor control and acceptable *** current role of RFA is well documented in the evidence-based practice guidelines of European Association of Study of Liver,American Association of Study of the Liver Disease and Japanese academic *** randomized controlled trials have confirmed that RFA is superior to percutaneous ethanol injections in terms of local tumor control and *** overall survival after RFA is comparable to after surgical resection in a selected group of patients with smaller( 3 cm) ***,the clinical benefits of combined RFA with transarterial chemoembolization for intermediate stage HCC are increasingly being *** we review the ongoing technical advancements of RFA and future potential.