Transarterial chemoembolization for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma: a review

Rodolfo Sacco,1 Gherardo Tapete,1 Natalia Simonetti,1 Rossella Sellitri,1 Veronica Natali,1 Sara Melissari,1 Giuseppe Cabibbo,2 Lilia Biscaglia,3 Giampaolo Bresci,1 Luca Giacomelli4 1Department of Gastroenterology, Pisa University Hospital, Pisa, 2University of Palermo, Palermo, 3Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, 4Department of Surgical Sciences and Integrated Diagnostics, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy Abstract: According to the current European Association for the Study of Liver guidelines, transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) is the recommended first-line therapy for patients with intermediate-stage (Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer…