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Post Locoregional Therapy Treatment Imaging in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients: A Literature-based Review
Young S1, Taylor AJ1, Sanghvi T1. J Clin Transl Hepatol. 2018 Jun 28;6(2):189-197. doi: 10.14218/JCTH.2017.00059. Epub 2018 Feb 14.
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Department of Radiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Abstract
Imaging plays a crucial role in the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) as well as in determining treatment efficacy, or complications, following therapy. Unlike other cancers, HCC is most commonly treated by locoregional therapies (LRTs) such as thermal ablation, transarterial chemoembolization, and transarterial radioembolization. These treatments can lead to changes on imaging that make determination of residual/recurrent disease difficult. This literature-based review discusses the expected postimaging findings following LRT.