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Table 3 Response rate observed in the global case series and according to treatment received (lipiodol TACE or pTACE) (CR = complete remission; PR = partial remission; SD = stable disease; PD = progressive disease NA = not available)

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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