Objective: The principal purpose was to investigate the ability of 2D shear wave
elastography (2D SWE) in forecasting the early recurrence of hepatocellular
carcinoma (HCC) after transarterial chemoembolization (TACE).
Methods: A cohort of forty-eight participants diagnosed with hepatitis B or C virus-
associated HCC underwent initial 2D SWE to quantify liver stiffness before TACE.
Presponse one month after TACE were subjected to
a 12-month follow-up, which included triphasic abdominal CT imaging to detect any
recurrence. Both univariate and multivariate statistical analyses were utilized to
identify the pWaredictors of recurrence.
Results: HCC recurrence was observ
and inform therapeutic decisions for patients afflicted with HCC.