[Chemoembolization techniques for hepatocellular carcinoma in cirrhosis]

Transcatherter oily chemoembolisation, that should not be confused with other different and less effective techniques also called "chemoembolisation" is the most widely used therapy for loco-regional palliative treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma, which will become increasingly frequent, due to HCV infection; the cancer itself is often discovered at an advanced stage, when neoplastic extension precludes radical treatment that is liver transplantation. Performed with the best techniques, it offers a 1- and 5-yr survival of 60 and 30%, that is under confirmation by a randomized trial.