Outcomes of Nontransplant Potentially Curative Therapy for Early-Stage Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Child-Pugh Stage A Cirrhosis Is Comparable with Liver Transplantation

Abstract

The 5-year outcomes of resection and RFA in patients with Child-Pugh stage A cirrhosis and early stage HCC were comparable with liver transplantation. Low-dose, long-term maintenance IFN therapy after curative therapy was significantly beneficial on survival.