Abstract:Objective：To investigate the effects of TACE in preventing post-operative tumor recurrence and increasing survival rate for primary hepatocellular cancer patients.
Methods ：Forty two patients with primary hepatocellular cancer were studied in this research. Transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) was performed in 22 patients after operation but not in the other 20 patients. The post-operative recurrence rate of the tumors and the survival rate of the patients were compared between the two groups.
Results：In TACE group, the tumor recurrence rate within one year after operation was remarkably lower than that of the control group(P<0.05). But there was no significant difference in the tumor recurrence rate two years after operation between the two groups(P>0.05). The one-year survival rate (76.1％) and two-year survival rate(48.2％) of TACE group were both significantly higher than those of the control group(52.8％,23.6％)(P<0.05).
Conclusions：Transcatheter arterial chemoembolization after operation could remarkably decrease the tumor recurrence rate and increase post-operative survival rate.