Treatment of Portal Vein Tumor Thrombus After Hepatocellular Carcinoma Resection
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2010-12-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Hepatectomy is still the treatment of choice for hepatocellular carcinoma. Part of the
patients may present portal vein tumor thrombus (PVTT) after resection. PVTT might lead to
upper gastrointestinal bleeding and worsening of hypersplenism which will endanger the life
of the patients. PVTT also plays the centre role of recurrence and metastasis of HCC. There
is no standard treatment for PVTT yet. We aim to compare the effects of TACE and TACE plus
laser ablation for treating patients with PVTT.