title: Liver-Directed Therapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: An Overview of Techniques, Outcomes, and Posttreatment Imaging Findings.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purposes of this article are to describe the indications, techniques, and results of arterially directed therapies and ablation and to review the imaging assessment of response and complications.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Most patients with hepatocellular carcinoma are not eligible for surgery, and systemic treatments are suboptimal. Therefore, locoregional therapy plays a large role in this disease. Locoregional therapies include arterially directed therapies, ablation, and radiation therapy.
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Ave, New York, NY 10065.|2 Department of Radiology, Stony Brook University Medical Center, Stony Brook, NY.
authors.forename: Anne M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Covey
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Ave, New York, NY 10065.|2 Department of Radiology, Stony Brook University Medical Center, Stony Brook, NY.
authors.forename: Shahid M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Hussain
mesh_terms: D055011:Ablation Techniques / Q000379:methods; D001158:Arteries; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy*; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000379:methods
keywords: RECIST; Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors; ablation techniques; embolization; hepatocellular carcinoma