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Review
. 2015 Feb 27;7(2):235-44.
doi: 10.4254/wjh.v7.i2.235.

Image-guided therapies in the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma: A multidisciplinary perspective

Jonathon Willatt  1 , Kevin K Hannawa  1 , Julie A Ruma  1 , Timothy L Frankel  1 , Dawn Owen  1 , Pranab M Barman  1
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Review

Image-guided therapies in the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma: A multidisciplinary perspective

Jonathon Willatt et al. World J Hepatol. .

Abstract

A multidisciplinary approach to the treatment of patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has led to improvements in screening, detection, and treatments. Interventional techniques include thermal ablation, transarterial chemoembolization, and radioembolization whilst stereotactic body radiation therapy also uses imaging to target the radiation. Both survival rates and cure rates have improved markedly since the introduction of these techniques. This review article describes the image guided techniques used for the treatment of HCC.

Keywords: Ablation; Chemoembolization; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Radiation.

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