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Clinical course of the initial and recurrent HCC treatment. TACE = Transarterial lipiodol chemoembolization; PMCT = percutaneous microwave coagulation therapy; RFA = radiofrequency ablation.
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The clinical course is shown figure 1.
Celiac arteriogram of last TACE showed severe vascular injury. The right hepatic artery had become completely obstructed. Moreover, a narrow neovascularity from the gastroduodenal artery formed a collateral artery. The left hepatic artery was severely damaged and narrowed.
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Similarly, the left hepatic artery was strongly damaged and narrowed (fig. 2).
Clinical course of super-low-dose Peg-IFN-alpha 2b therapy (20 mug/week, total 1,240 mug, 16 months). Starting month: February 2009.
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March 2009. Moreover, HCV RNA has remained negative since April 2009 (fig. 3).