Prognostic Performance of Preoperative and Follow by Gadoxetic Enhanced MRI in HCC Patients After TACE

Interventional therapy is an effective alternative for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) who are not indicated for surgery. CT or MRI imaging findings are important diagnostic and evaluation criteria for preoperative diagnosis and postoperative efficacy evaluation of TACE. In addition, the recurrence rate of liver cancer is very high, even with radical treatment, the 5-year recurrence rate is still as high as 70%. Therefore, postoperative follow-up and early detection of recurrent lesions by imaging are beneficial to the prognosis and survival benefit. Gadoxetic acid is a liver-specific MRI contrast agent for the diagnosis of liver cancer, especially in early stage, or small liver cancer (\<2cm). Therefore, gadoxetic acid enhanced MRI is very important for the decision making and prognosis of HCC patients. TACE combined with ablative therapy has received clinical attention, which can significantly improve the clinical efficacy and reduce liver function damage. The study forces on evaluating the changes in survival in patients with liver cancer who were scheduled to receive TACE combined with ablation and regularly followed up, compared with enhanced CT or conventional MRI as imaging assessment (preoperative diagnosis and postoperative follow-up).

Sex

All

Minimum age

18 Years

Maximum age

75 Years

Inclusion Criteria:

Patients who will be initially diagnosed as HCC and plan to receive TACE, or combined with ablation as first-line treatment Age from 18 - 75 Sign ICF （Informed consent form） mainly stage B patients with Child-Pugh class A or B liver function and an ECOG score of 0-2; multiple nodular tumors; a main portal vein that is not completely blocked or is completely blocked but the compensatory collateral blood vessels have formed between the hepatic artery and portal vein

Exclusion Criteria:

Women who are pregnant, lactating Contraindications to MRI Contrast media: Hypersensitivity General contraindications to MRI such as pacemaker, severe claustrophobia etc. Patients who received or plan to take other treatment (resection, chemical, immunotherapy drugs that will systemic effect survival) before TACE combined with ablation

Patients with Contraindications of TACE or ablation :

1. Severe liver dysfunction (Child-Pugh class C), including jaundice, hepatic encephalopathy, refractory ascites, or hepatorenal syndrome;
2. severe coagulation dysfunction that cannot be corrected;
3. completely embolized main portal vein with few collateral blood vessels formed;
4. wide distant metastasis with an estimated survival of \< 3 months;
5. significant reductions in peripheral blood leukocytes and platelets, white blood cell (WBC) count \< 3.0 × 109/L (when due to hypersplenism but not toxicity of chemotherapy; therefore, it is not an absolute contraindication for TACE), and platelets \< 50 × 109/L;

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