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## Objective: The therapeutic strategies for hepatocellular carcinoma (hcc) have greatly expanded in recent years. however, the actual usage of each of these treatments in clinical routine remains unknown. here, we analysed the distribution and changes of the main surgical and radiological therapeutic procedures nationwide during the last decade. ## Methods: Retrospectively, analysis of the data on all >18-year-old patients with a diagnosis of hcc identified in the french program for the medicalization of information systems database that contains all discharge summaries from all french hospitals. the number and percentage of the therapeutic procedures performed from january 2010 to december 2019 were extracted. ## Results: A total of 68,416 therapeutic procedures were performed in 34,000 hcc patients. whereas hcc incidence remained stable, the annual number of procedures frankly increased over the decade (from 4267 to 8042). trans-arterial chemoembolization was the most frequently performed technical procedure, with a double-digit annual growth from 2010 (n = 1932) to 2015 (n = 4085), before stabilization from 2016. selective internal radiation therapy displayed the highest increa

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Author

Christophe Cassinotto; Erika Nogue; Mathieu Morell; Fabrizio Panaro; Nicolas Molinari; Boris Guiu

Publisher

Elsevier BV

Published

2021

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)