Clinical research on treatment of moderate and advanced stages of primary hepatocelular carcinoma with subsegmental transcatheter arterial chemoembolization / 介入放射学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To evaluate the clinical efficacy of subsegmental transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (STACE) in the treatment of moderate and advanced stages of primary hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).Methods 93 cases of moderate and advanced stages of HCC were divided into two groups, 48 cases were treated with STACE, 45 cases with TACE. Results In the STACE group, the rates of decrease in serum AFP level and reduction of tumor size were significantly greater than those in the TACE group ( P