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Image-guided therapies in the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma: A multidisciplinary perspective
Willatt J1, Hannawa KK1, Ruma JA1, Frankel TL1, Owen D1, Barman PM1. World J Hepatol. 2015 Feb 27;7(2):235-44. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v7.i2.235.
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1Jonathon Willatt, Kevin K Hannawa, Julie A Ruma, Timothy L Frankel, Dawn Owen, Pranab M Barman, University of Michigan and Veterans Administration Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, United States.
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.