From: Trans-arterial chemo-embolization (TACE), with either lipiodol (traditional TACE) or drug-eluting microspheres (precision TACE, pTACE) in the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma: efficacy and safety results from a large mono-institutional analysis
Objective response
TACE lipiodol
pTACE microspheres
Total
CR (%)
17 (20)
14 (24)
31 (22)
PR (%)
32 (39)
19 (33)
51 (36)
SD (%)
16 (19)
7 (12)
23 (15)
PD (%)
18 (22)
18 (31)
36 (27)
NA
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