Publications by authors named "Alvina Jada Fok"
Langenbecks Arch Surg
February 2022
Article Synopsis
- Hepatectomy is a surgery that can help cure a type of liver cancer called hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), but there's debate about whether extra treatment (called adjuvant therapy) is helpful afterwards.
- The study looked at two groups of HCC patients: one group got extra treatment (adjuvant transarterial chemotherapy) after surgery, while the other group didn't, to see how it affected their recovery.
- The results showed that patients who got the extra treatment had some issues like more blood loss, but those with positive surgical margins (cancer left behind) lived longer if they had the extra treatment compared to those who didn’t.
