We were intrigued to read the retrospective study by Wang et al.“Propensity score matching study of 325 patients with spontaneous rupture of hepatocellular carcinoma”(1)published in the latest issue of Hepatobiliary...We were intrigued to read the retrospective study by Wang et al.“Propensity score matching study of 325 patients with spontaneous rupture of hepatocellular carcinoma”(1)published in the latest issue of Hepatobiliary Surgery Nutrition.The authors elaborated the extremely significant conclusion that transarterial embolization(TAE)plus two-stage hepatectomy might be the optimal treatment for spontaneous rupture of hepatocellular carcinoma(RHCC)patients,whose overall survival(OS)and disease-free survival(DFS)aren’t significantly different compared with non-ruptured hepatocellular carcinoma(NHCC)patients undergoing hepatectomy,and had a better prognosis than other treatment,including TAE alone and one-stage hepatectomy.We highly appreciate the author’s research results.However,when we read the document,there were some shortcomings.展开更多
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...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.展开更多
文摘We were intrigued to read the retrospective study by Wang et al.“Propensity score matching study of 325 patients with spontaneous rupture of hepatocellular carcinoma”(1)published in the latest issue of Hepatobiliary Surgery Nutrition.The authors elaborated the extremely significant conclusion that transarterial embolization(TAE)plus two-stage hepatectomy might be the optimal treatment for spontaneous rupture of hepatocellular carcinoma(RHCC)patients,whose overall survival(OS)and disease-free survival(DFS)aren’t significantly different compared with non-ruptured hepatocellular carcinoma(NHCC)patients undergoing hepatectomy,and had a better prognosis than other treatment,including TAE alone and one-stage hepatectomy.We highly appreciate the author’s research results.However,when we read the document,there were some shortcomings.
文摘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.
