title: [Non surgical treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma].
abstract: During the last past years, the curative and preventive treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has improved. The regular follow-up of patients with chronic liver disease using ultrasound examination and serum alpha-fetoprotein determination, leads to diagnose hepatocellular carcinoma at an early stage, when curative treatment could be quite efficient. Besides surgery which has been the only hope of cure for a few patients, efficient medical procedures--ie chemoembolization, in situ radiotherapy and alcohol injection--are emerging. The place of these different therapeutic procedures is to be defined. In addition, the prevalence of hepatocellular carcinoma should decrease due to the improvement of preventive policy--ie vaccination against hepatitis B infection and familial screening for genetic hemochromatosis.
authors.affiliation: Clinique des maladies du foie, hôpital Pontchaillou, Rennes.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Deugnier
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Guyader
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brissot
mesh_terms: D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000145:classification / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000145:classification / Q000628:therapy*; D011230:Precancerous Conditions / Q000628:therapy
vernacular_title: Traitement non chirurgical du carcinome hépatocellulaire.