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Brief Title: Laser Ablation for Intermediate and Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma With Portal Vein Tumor Thrombus
Official Title: Laser Ablation for Intermediate and Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma With Portal Vein Tumor Thrombus: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Study ID: NCT02724475
Brief Summary: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the fifth most-common cancer worldwide and the second most-common cause of cancer mortality. Liver resection is the first-line curative treatment for huge HCC. The 5-year overall survival (OS) rates after hepatic resection were range from 25% to 45% and the incidence of portal vein tumor thrombus (PVTT) for intermediate and advanced hepatocellular carcinoma patients were as high as 60%-90%. At present, there is no effective treatment for patients with PVTT. Laser ablation (LA) showed a good performance in eliminating the PVTT and the three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3D-CRT) with γ Ray (γ-knife) can also be used to treat patients with PVTT. But there still lack of evidence-based research to compare the clinical outcome of 3D-CRT with γ Ray and LA. In view of this, we aim to implement a randomized controlled study to find out an effective treatment for intermediate and advanced hepatocellular carcinoma patients with PVTT based on evidence-based research.
Detailed Description:
Minimum Age: 17 Years
Eligible Ages: CHILD, ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Sex: ALL
Healthy Volunteers: No
Eastern hepatobilliary surgery hospital, Shanghai, Shanghai, China