Survival effects of postoperative adjuvant TACE in early-HCC patients with microvascular invasion: A multicenter propensity score matching
Junlin Qian, Yanling Shen, Lifeng Cui, Zhao Wu, Shu‐Ju Tu, Wei Lin, Hongtao Tang, Zemin Hu, Liping Liu, Wei Shen, Yongzhu He, Kun He
Abstract
Adjuvant TACE may be a potentially effective treatment option for improving survival outcomes in early-HCC patients harboring MVI, but not in those lacking MVI.
Topics & Concepts
MedicinePropensity score matchingHepatocellular carcinomaAdjuvantInternal medicineStage (stratigraphy)GastroenterologyConfoundingOverall survivalHepatectomyMilan criteriaRetrospective cohort studySurgeryResectionLiver transplantationTransplantationBiologyPaleontologyGastric Cancer Management and OutcomesEsophageal Cancer Research and TreatmentOvarian cancer diagnosis and treatment