title: Current radiologic interventions in hepatocellular carcinoma.
abstract: With the rising incidence of chronic liver disease caused by viral hepatitis, hepatocellular carcinoma is showing a corresponding rise worldwide. Surgery remains the mainstay of treatment, but patients unfit for surgery or liver transplantation form the bulk of those presenting with this disease. Palliative treatments are being used to treat those and radiological modalities form the mainstay of the treatment. Radiology plays a major role in the diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of hepatocellular carcinoma. Current radiological treatment modalities include percutaneous ethanol ablation, radiofrequency ablation and trans-arterial chemoembolization. This update highlights the recent advancements in the field and compares their relative merits and demerits.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, CMH, Peshawar. imqasmi@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Imran Masoud
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Qasmi
authors.forename: Tahir
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Naeem
authors.forename: Saeed
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Farrukh
authors.forename: Shakeel Ahmed
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Mirza
authors.forename: Muhammad Asad
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: Muhammad Asghar
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Bhatti
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000379:methods; D016461:Chemoembolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed