Efficacy of Local Treatments for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Involving the Inferior Vena Cava and/or Right Atrium.

Komatsu et al 24 performed a matched cohort study of patients undergoing proton radiotherapy and those undergoing surgery at Kobe University, Japan; each arm had 19 patients with similar characteristics, except that there was a higher proportion of patients with Child-Pugh class A in the surgery arm, with borderline significance (89.5% vs 57.9%, p=0.058).

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