Partial Hepatectomy and Ablation for Survival of Early-Stage Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients: A Bayesian Emulation Analysis
Wang J, Im Y, Wang R, Ma S. Partial Hepatectomy and Ablation for Survival of Early-Stage Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients: A Bayesian Emulation Analysis. Life 2024, 14: 661. PMID: 38929645, PMCID: PMC11204969, DOI: 10.3390/life14060661.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOverall survivalHepatocellular carcinomaPartial hepatectomyTumor sizeAssociated with inferior overall survivalEarly-stage hepatocellular carcinomaEarly-stage HCC patientsInferior overall survivalHepatocellular carcinoma patientsAblation armCarcinoma patientsAblation therapyNo significant differenceTreatment regimensHCC patientsEmulated target trialSurgical proceduresEffect of ablationHepatectomyPatientsCompare treatment effectsClinical treatmentSignificant differencePropensity scoreLogistic regression