Microwave ablation as a primary versus secondary treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma

Diagn Interv Radiol · 2023 · PMC10679698 · PMID 36988024

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Although the proportion of patients who developed extra-hepatic metastasis was greater in the secondary treatment group [19% (5/26)] compared with the primary treatment group [7% (8/123)], the difference did not reach statistical significance ( P = 0.06).

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