Efficacy and Nontarget Effects of Transarterial Chemoembolization in Bridging of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients to Liver Transplantation: A Histopathologic Study

Transarterial chemoembolization induces histopathologically confirmed HCC necrosis with a high degree of efficacy, but histologically proven complete HCC necrosis was not predictive of survival in this cohort of patients. Although histopathologic examination revealed (clinically relevant) nontarget effects in a subset of patients, they did not impair survival.