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. 2022 Jan 4;2022(1):CD013345. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013345.pub2

He 2020.

Methods Study design: Randomised clinical trial
Study duration: January 2017 to December 2018
Duration of follow‐up: 2 years
Setting: Hospital
Participants Number of participants: 72
Inclusion criteria: Diagnosed as HCC; age > 30
Age (mean ± SD, range ): TACE + RFA: 52.41 ± 5.85 years; TACE alone: 52.39 ± 5.97 years
Male (n/total): TACE + RFA: 22/36; TACE alone: 20/36
Interventions TACE + RFA group (n = 36):
TACE: TACE comprised of hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy and hepatic artery embolisation Chemotherapeutic drugs: 5‐fluorouracil 500 mg and oxaliplatin 50 mg
RFA: US‐guided
Control group (n = 36):
TACE comprised of hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy and hepatic artery embolisation Chemotherapeutic drugs: 5‐fluorouracil 500 mg and oxaliplatin 50 mg
Outcomes Tumour response: measured by contrast‐enhanced CT at 2 weeks after treatment
Survival rates: measured at 2 years after treatment
Adverse events
Notes Country of study: China
Source of funding: None
There was insufficient information available to satisfactorily determine the method of randomisation and the study data could not be verified. We have attempted to contact the study authors for more information, but so far, we have not been successful in doing this.