Treatment options for solitary hepatocellular carcinoma ≤5 cm: surgery vs. ablation: a multicenter retrospective study

• Main Authors: Kazuya Kariyama (Author), Kazuhiro Nouso (Author), Atsushi Hiraoka (Author), Hidenori Toyoda (Author), Toshifumi Tada (Author), Kunihiko Tsuji (Author), Toru Ishikawa (Author), Takeshi Hatanaka (Author), Ei Itobayashi (Author), Koichi Takaguchi (Author), Akemi Tsutsui (Author), Atsushi Naganuma (Author), Satoshi Yasuda (Author), Satoru Kakizaki (Author), Akiko Wakuta (Author), Shohei Shiota (Author), Masatoshi Kudo (Author), Takashi Kumada (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Korean Liver Cancer Association, 2024-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background/Aim The aim of this study was to compare the therapeutic efficacy of ablation and surgery in solitary hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) measuring ≤5 cm with a large HCC cohort database. Methods The study included consecutive 2,067 patients with solitary HCC who were treated with either ablat...