Cyrille Féray, Loic Campion, Philippe Mathurin, Isabelle Archambreaud, Xavier Mirabel, Jean Pierre Bronowicki, Emmanuel Rio, Christophe Perret, Laurent Mineur, Frédéric Oberti, Yann Touchefeu, Jérôme Gournay, Hélène Regnault, Julien Edeline, Agnès Rode, Patrick Hillion, Jean Frédéric Blanc, Eric Nguyen Khac, Daniel Azoulay, Alain Luciani, Athena Galetto Preglisasco, Elodie Faurel-Paul, Hélène Auble, Françoise Mornex, Philippe Merle
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Transcatheter arterial chemoembolisation (TACE) is recommended for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma devoid of macrovascular invasion or extrahepatic spread but not eligible for curative therapies. We compared the efficacy and safety of the combination of a single TACE and external conformal radiotherapy (CRT) vs . classical TACE. METHODS: TACERTE was an open-labelled, randomised controlled trial with a 1:1 allocation rate to two or three TACE (arm A) or one TACE + CRT (arm B)...
April 2023: JHEP reports: innovation in hepatology