title: Radiological treatment of HCC: Interventional radiology at the heart of management.
abstract: Interventional radiology is involved practically at each stage in the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma, as recommended in the EASL-EORTC guidelines. It is even becoming more important as technological advances progress and as its long-term efficacy is assessed. Used curatively, thermoablation can obtain five-year survival rates of 40 to 70%, with a survival rate of 30% at 10years. As there are many tools available in order to be used, it requires a thorough pre-treatment assessment and discussion in a multidisciplinary team meeting. Regular patient reassessment is needed in order to be able to adjust treatment because of the complementarity of the treatments available and the course of the disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, CHU d'Angers, 4, rue Larrey, 49933 Angers, France; HIFIH Laboratory, LUNAM University, Angers University, rue Haute-de-Reculée, 49045 Angers, France. Electronic address: ChAube@chu-angers.fr.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Aubé
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, CHU d'Angers, 4, rue Larrey, 49933 Angers, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bouvier
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, CHU d'Angers, 4, rue Larrey, 49933 Angers, France.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lebigot
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, CHU d'Angers, 4, rue Larrey, 49933 Angers, France.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vervueren
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, CHU d'Angers, 4, rue Larrey, 49933 Angers, France.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Cartier
authors.affiliation: HIFIH Laboratory, LUNAM University, Angers University, rue Haute-de-Reculée, 49045 Angers, France; Department of hepato-gastroenterology, CHU d'Angers, 4, rue Larrey, 49933 Angers, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Oberti
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D003663:Decision Trees; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D015641:Radiography, Interventional / Q000379:methods
keywords: Chemoembolization; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Interventional radiology; Radiofrequency; Treatment