Table 4.
TACE-unsuitable patient subpopulation
| A. Conditions that easily become refractory toTACE: |
| – Beyond up-to-seven criteria |
| B. Conditions in whichTACE causes deterioration of liver function to Child-Pugh class B: |
| – Beyond up-to-seven criteria |
| – ALBI grade 2 |
| C. Conditions that are unlikely to respond toTACE (TACE-resistant tumor): |
| – Simple nodular type tumor withextranodular growth |
| – Confluent multinodular type tumor |
| – Massive type tumor |
| – Poorly differentiated HCC |
| – Intrahepatic multifocal metastasis |
| – Sarcomatous change caused byTACE |