The efficiency of pathological response after preoperative transcatheter arterial chemoembolization for microvascular invasion and early tumor recurrence in hepatocellular carcinoma

It was with great interest that we read the document by Yang et al.entitled“Impact of pathological response after preoperative transcatheter arterial chemoembolization(TACE)on incidences of microvascular invasion and early tumor recurrence in hepatocellular carcinoma:a multicenter propensity score matching analysis”(1),which was published in the latest issue of Hepatobiliary Surgery Nutrition.