Initial Treatment Response Is Essential to Improve Survival in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma Who Underwent Curative Radiofrequency Ablation Therapy

Abstract

Initial complete response of curative RFA therapy in patients with Child-Pugh stage A cirrhosis and early-stage HCC is associated with improved survival. Therefore, clinicians should aim to achieve complete ablation of all detectable HCC nodules with adequate safety margins.