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What is your treatment algorithm for solitary hepatocellular carcinoma, 3-5 cm, non-operative candidate but Child-Turcotte Pugh A/B?

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Radiation Oncology · Mayo Clinic, Rochester

This really boils down to two issues: CTP score and size of the lesion. For patients who are CTPA with a lesion <3 cm, RFA/MWA or SBRT are good options although there is some data from the University of Michigan (Wahl et al., JCO 2014) that lesions > 2 cm are better served with SBRT. For solitary le...

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