[Multidisciplinary treatment of hepatocarcinoma]. / Il trattamento multidisciplinare dell'epatocarcinoma.
Chir Ital
; 49(3): 51-72, 1997.
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ABSTRACT
Radical treatment of the hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is complete surgical removal; it may be done by resection or total hepatectomy. Although multicentric carcinogenesis predicts that liver transplantation is likely adequate to treat both the hepatoma and the underlying cirrhosis, it doesn't seem justified in the advanced stages or in absence of end-stage liver disease and therefore liver resection remains the treatment of choice for radical cure of HCC. However, low resectability and high recurrence rate make surgery alone ineffective. Unresectable HCC may be converted to resectable by multimodality radiation/chemotherapy, and embolization of portal branch feeding tumour, improving the function of the nonembolized liver, can extend the surgical indications for HCC. Adjuvant chemoembolization has already shown to reduce recurrence rate after radical resection and it should be widely applied. In unresectable or not converted HCCs as well as in postoperative recurrence, alternative therapies, particularly as multimodality treatment, can improve survival rate. To date, multidisciplinary treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma, waiting for further studies on newer modalities (prevention and gene therapy, especially), represents the best way to improve long-term results.
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Assunto principal:
Carcinoma Hepatocelular
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Neoplasias Hepáticas
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
It
Revista:
Chir Ital
Ano de publicação:
1997
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Article