Table 1.
Therapeutic results of 338 patients after radio-frequency ablation
| Tumor | No. of | No. of | Tumor size1 | No. of tumors completely | No. of local |
| type | patients | tumors | (cm) | ablated2 (%) | recurrence (%) |
| HCC | 204 | 430 | 4.0 (1.2-10.8) | 401 (93.3) | 34 (7.9) |
| MLC | 134 | 333 | 4.1 (1.0-10) | 322 (96.7) | 35 (10.5) |
| Total | 338 | 763 | 4.1 (1.0-10.8) | 723 (94.8) | 69 (9.0) |
1
The largest average diameter of the tumors.
2
The ablation was considered a success, if the 1 mo CT scan showed no contrast enhancement detected within or around the tumor.