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Criteria of TACE-impossible
| 1 Impossible to place the catheter selectively due to devastated feeding artery caused by repeated TACE |
| 2 Deterioration of liver function to Child-Pugh C due to repeated TACE |
| 3 Patients with major vascular invasion (Vp3 and Vp4) |
| 4 Patients with huge A-P shunting |
TACE, transarterial chemoembolization; Vp3, portal vein invasion at the first branch of portal vein; Vp4, portal vein invasion at the main portal vein trunk; A-P shunting, arterial-portal shunting.
