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

Song 2018.

Methods Study design: Randomised clinical trial
Study duration: January 2016 to January 2017
Duration of follow‐up: 6 months
Setting: Hospital
Participants Age (mean ± SD, range): TACE + MWA: 53.01 ± 4.54 years; TACE alone: 53.64 ± 3.65 years
Male (n/total): TACE + MWA: 19/24; TACE alone: 20/24
Interventions TACE + MWA group (n = 24):
TACE: Chemotherapeutic drugs: epirubicin 20‐80 mg and oxaliplatin 100‐150 mg. One to three sessions of TACE were performed for each patient.
MWA: The interval between TACE and MWA was 2‐4 weeks. Output power of 40‐60 W, 15‐20 minutes per MWA session
TACE group (n = 24):
Chemotherapeutic drugs: epirubicin 20‐80 mg and oxaliplatin 100‐150 mg. One to three sessions of TACE were performed for each patient.
Outcomes Tumour response
Survival rate at 0.5 year after treatment
Serum level of AFP
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.