Single Hepatocellular Carcinoma Smaller than 2 cm: Are Ethanol Injection and Radiofrequency Ablation Equally Effective?

Maurizio Pompili; Nicoletta De Matthaeis; Antonio Saviano; Ilario De Sio; Giampiero Francica; Franco Brunello; Alessandro Cantamessa; Antonio Giorgio; Umberto Scognamiglio; Fabio Fornari; Francesco Giangregorio; Fabio Piscaglia; Silvia Gualandi; Eugenio Caturelli; Paola Roselli; Laura Riccardi; Gian Ludovico Rapaccini

Single Hepatocellular Carcinoma Smaller than 2 cm: Are Ethanol Injection and Radiofrequency Ablation Equally Effective?

Maurizio Pompili, Nicoletta De Matthaeis, Antonio Saviano, Ilario De Sio, Giampiero Francica, Franco Brunello, Alessandro Cantamessa, Antonio Giorgio, Umberto Scognamiglio, Fabio Fornari, Francesco Giangregorio, Fabio Piscaglia, Silvia Gualandi, Eugenio Caturelli, Paola Roselli, Laura Riccardi, Gian Ludovico Rapaccini

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Abstract

The impact of radiofrequency ablation (RFA) and percutaneous ethanol injection (PEI) on survival in patients with small hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is unclear. We compared their efficacy in cirrhotics with single HCC ≤2 cm.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	325-332
Number of pages	8
Journal	Anticancer Research
Volume	35
Publication status	Published - 2015

Keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma
liver cirrhosis
overall survival
percutaneous ethanol injection
radiofrequency ablation
tumor recurrence

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Pompili, M., De Matthaeis, N., Saviano, A., De Sio, I., Francica, G., Brunello, F., Cantamessa, A., Giorgio, A., Scognamiglio, U., Fornari, F., Giangregorio, F., Piscaglia, F., Gualandi, S., Caturelli, E., Roselli, P., Riccardi, L., & Rapaccini, G. L. (2015). Single Hepatocellular Carcinoma Smaller than 2 cm: Are Ethanol Injection and Radiofrequency Ablation Equally Effective? Anticancer Research, 35, 325-332.

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abstract = "The impact of radiofrequency ablation (RFA) and percutaneous ethanol injection (PEI) on survival in patients with small hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is unclear. We compared their efficacy in cirrhotics with single HCC ≤2 cm.",

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journal = "Anticancer Research",

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