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SUBMITTER: Kishore SA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7226474 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kishore Sirish A SA Bajwa Raazi R Madoff David C DC
Cancers 20200326 4
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) represents a significant contributor to cancer-related morbidity and mortality with increasing incidence in both developing and developed countries. Embolotherapy as a locoregional therapeutic strategy consists of trans-arterial or "bland" embolization (TAE), trans-arterial chemoembolization (TACE), and selective internal radiotherapy (SIRT). Trans-catheter arterial therapies can be applied along all stages of HCC, either as an alternative or neoadjuvant to surgica ...[more]