Comparable and Complimentary Modalities for Treatment of Small-Sized HCC: Surgical Resection, Radiofrequency Ablation, and Microwave Ablation
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
References
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Region | Number of Patients | Median Follow-Up Period (mo.) | Mean Tumor Size (cm) | Overall Survival Rates | Major Complication Rate (%) | ||||
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1-Year (%) | 2-Year (%) | 3-Year (%) | 4-Year (%) | 5-Year (%) | |||||
Liang [4] | 288 | 31.41 | 93 | 82 | 72 | 63 | 51 | ||
Liang [5] | 1007 | 38.0 | 91.2 | 72.5 | 59.8 | ||||
Jian-Ping [6] | 293 113 | 29.3 | 2.6 | 98.1 98.0 | 73.7 82.0 | 48.2 46.9 | 3.2 | ||
Xu [7] | 301 | 53.0 | 1.7 | 99.3 | 90.4 | 78.3 | 0.7 | ||
Thamtorawat [8] | 129 | 11.8 | 91.3 | 81.7 | 2.2 | ||||
Sun [9] | 182 | 3.7 | 89 | 74 | 60 | 2.7 | |||
Ziemlewicz [10] | 75 | 14.0 12.0 | 2.1 3.7 | 76 | 0 | ||||
Baker [11] | 219 | 10.9 | 3.2 | 80 | 61.5 | 3.2 | |||
Abdelaziz [12] | 66 | <5 | 91.6 | 86.1 | 3.2 | ||||
Wang [13] | 221 | 41.0 | <5 | 87.1 | 63.2 | 3.8 | |||
Xu [14] | 82 | <5 | 92.7 | 63.4 | 41.1 | 3.7 | |||
Zhang [15] | 77 | <5 | 92.2 | 51.7 | 38.5 | 2.6 | |||
Yin [16] | 220 | 95.5 | 89.1 | ||||||
Total/Mean | 3273 | 27.9 | 91.1 | 76.3 | 69.1 | 63.0 | 50.7 | 2.5 |
Region | Number of Patients | Median Follow-Up Period (mo.) | Mean Tumor Size (cm) | Overall Survival Rates | Major Complication Rate (%) | ||||
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1-Year (%) | 2-Year (%) | 3-Year (%) | 4-Year (%) | 5-Year (%) | |||||
Yang [17] | 382 88 | 28.0 | 3.4 | 84.3 92.5 | 54.4 60.3 | 41.2 43.2 | 4.9 0.8 | ||
Lee [18] | 162 | 49.0 | 2.59 | 94.4 | 84.1 | 67.9 | 3.1 | ||
Osaki [19] | 1161 | <4 | 96.0 | 76.2 | 56.0 | ||||
Lencioni [20] | 206 | 24.0 | <5 | 97.0 | 71.0 | 48.0 | |||
Tateishi [21] | 319 | <5 | 94.7 | 86.1 | 77.7 | 67.4 | 54.3 | 4.0 | |
Chen [22] | 256 | 53.0 | 1.7 | 83.3 | 66.9 | 41.2 | 2.4 | ||
Yoon [23] | 570 | <5 | 95.2 | 82.9 | 69.5 | 60.8 | 58.0 | 1.9 | |
Livraghi [24] | 218 | 31.0 | <4 | 68.5 | 1.8 | ||||
N’Kontc [25] | 235 | 27.0 | 3.0 | 60.0 | 40.0 | 0.9 | |||
Shiina [26] | 118 | 37.0 | <4 | 81.0 | 74.0 | 3.2 | |||
Brunell [27] | 70 | <3 | 63.0 | 14 | |||||
Huang [28] | 115 | <5 | 87.0 | 76.5 | 69.6 | 66.1 | 54.8 | ||
Feng [29] | 84 | <4 | 93.1 | 83.1 | 67.2 | ||||
Viva [30] | 79 | 15.6 | <5 | 78 | 33 | ||||
Cho [31] | 99 | 3.1 | 95.8 | 86.8 | 80 | ||||
Hiraok [32] | 105 | 2.0 | 87.8 | 59.3 | 0 | ||||
Yun [33] | 255 | 42 | 2.1 | 92 | 87 | ||||
Hung [34] | 190 | 14.5 | 2.4 | 67.4 | |||||
Nishi [35] | 162 | 37 | 2.0 | 95.4 | 79.6 | 63.1 | |||
Wang [36] | 345 | <3 | 80.3 | 72 | |||||
Peng [37] | 71 | 59 | 1.2 | 90.5 | 70.9 | 62.1 | 19 | ||
Hasegawa [38] | 5548 | 26 | <3 | 81.0 | 61.1 | ||||
Total/Mean | 10,838 | 32.3 | 91.2 | 81.8 | 72.8 | 67.1 | 59.6 | 3.4 |
Region | Number of Patients | Mean Tumor Size (cm) | Overall Survival Rates | Major Complication Rate (%) | ||||
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1-Year (%) | 2-Year (%) | 3-Year (%) | 4-Year (%) | 5-Year (%) | ||||
Nagasue [39] | 229 | <4 | 80 | 51 | 26 | 24 | ||
Takenaka [40] | 280 | <5 | 88 | 70 | 50 | 50 | ||
Makuuchi [41] | 352 | <4 | 92 | 73 | 47 | |||
Shimozawa [42] | 135 | <3 | 95 | 73 | 55 | 25 | ||
Franco [43] | 72 | <4 | 68 | 51 | 48 | |||
Belghiti [44] | 300 | <5 | 81 | 57 | 37 | |||
Ercolani [45] | 224 | 4.0 | 83 | 63 | 42 | 36.2 | ||
Cha [46] | 164 | <4 | 79 | 51 | 40 | |||
Ringe [47] | 131 | <5 | 42.3 | 35.8 | ||||
Pitre [48] | 153 | <5 | 30.1 | 17.9 | 38.5 | |||
DiCarl [49] | 122 | <4 | 42.6 | 23.3 | 30 | |||
Lise [50] | 100 | <5 | 38 | 16 | ||||
Grazi [51] | 264 | 4.4 | 57 | 37 | 47 | |||
Zhou [1] | 1000 | <5 | 62.7 | |||||
Poon [52] | 241 | <5 | 82 | 62 | 49 | |||
Kanem [53] | 303 | 84 | 67 | 51 | ||||
Chen [22] | 252 | 80 | 54.3 | 34.2 | ||||
Wayne [54] | 249 | <5 | 83 | 41.1 | ||||
Yeh [55] | 218 | <5 | 63 | 42 | 32 | 15.6 | ||
Capuss [56] | 216 | 51 | 34 | 38.4 | ||||
Natha [57] | 788 | 3.2 | 39 | |||||
Yang [17] | 260 | 87 | 56 | 38 | ||||
Yun [33] | 215 | 2.1 | 98 | 94 | ||||
Hung [34] | 229 | 2.9 | 79.3 | |||||
Wang [36] | 260 | <3 | 98 | 91.5 | ||||
Hasegawa [38] | 5361 | <3 | 85.3 | 71.1 | ||||
Peng [37] | 74 | 1.1 | 98.5 | 87.7 | 71.9 | 51.4 | ||
Arii [58] | 1318 502 2722 1548 | <2 <2 2–5 2–5 | 96 92 95 95 | 72 56 58 45 | ||||
Total/Mean | 18,282 | 85.3 | 61.9 | 49.0 | 35.0 |
Modality | Number of Patients | Overall Survival Rates | Major Complication Rate (%) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1-Year | 2-Year | 3-Year | 4-Year | 5-Year | |||
MWA | 3725 | 91.1 | 76.3 | 69.1 | 63.0 | 50.7 | 3.2 |
RFA | 10,838 | 91.2 | 81.8 | 72.8 | 67.1 | 59.6 | 2.6 |
SR | 18,282 | 85.3 | 61.9 | 49.0 | 32.9 |
MWA | 1 Year Survival Rate (%) | 3 Year Survival Rate (%) | 5 Year Survival Rate (%) | Complication Rate (%) |
---|---|---|---|---|
<3 cm | 92.9 | 82 | 57.8 | 2 |
<5 cm | 91.1 | 69.1 | 50.7 | 2.5 |
3–5 cm | 90.4 | 61.4 | 43.5 | 3.1 |
RFA | 1 year survival rate (%) | 3 year survival rate (%) | 5 year survival rate (%) | Complication rate (%) |
<3 cm | 90.9 | 76.6 | 62.2 | 6.6 |
<5 cm | 91.2 | 72.8 | 59.6 | 4.7 |
3–5 cm | 91.4 | 68.6 | 55.6 | 2.5 |
SR | 1 year survival rate (%) | 3 year survival rate (%) | 5 year survival rate (%) | Complication rate (%) |
<3 cm | 95.3 | 88.4 | 69.4 | 38.2 |
<5 cm | 85.6 | 62.6 | 49.9 | 35 |
3–5 cm | 80.3 | 54.0 | 39 | 34.4 |
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Wicks, J.S.; Dale, B.S.; Ruffolo, L.; Pack, L.J.; Dunne, R.; Laryea, M.A.; Hernandez-Alejandro, R.; Sharma, A.K. Comparable and Complimentary Modalities for Treatment of Small-Sized HCC: Surgical Resection, Radiofrequency Ablation, and Microwave Ablation. J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12, 5006. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12155006
Wicks JS, Dale BS, Ruffolo L, Pack LJ, Dunne R, Laryea MA, Hernandez-Alejandro R, Sharma AK. Comparable and Complimentary Modalities for Treatment of Small-Sized HCC: Surgical Resection, Radiofrequency Ablation, and Microwave Ablation. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2023; 12(15):5006. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12155006
Chicago/Turabian StyleWicks, Jeffrey S., Benjamin S. Dale, Luis Ruffolo, Ludia J. Pack, Richard Dunne, Marie A. Laryea, Roberto Hernandez-Alejandro, and Ashwani Kumar Sharma. 2023. "Comparable and Complimentary Modalities for Treatment of Small-Sized HCC: Surgical Resection, Radiofrequency Ablation, and Microwave Ablation" Journal of Clinical Medicine 12, no. 15: 5006. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12155006
APA StyleWicks, J. S., Dale, B. S., Ruffolo, L., Pack, L. J., Dunne, R., Laryea, M. A., Hernandez-Alejandro, R., & Sharma, A. K. (2023). Comparable and Complimentary Modalities for Treatment of Small-Sized HCC: Surgical Resection, Radiofrequency Ablation, and Microwave Ablation. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 12(15), 5006. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12155006