Trans-arterial Chemoembolization in Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Study of Different Outcomes and Their Predictive Factors

Inclusion Criteria:

Clinical history and examination with special stress on symptoms and signs of chronic liver disease with or without evidence of hepatic decompensation e.g. the presence of ascites and with or without evidence of complications e.g. jaundice spider naevi, bleeding varices, ascites, and lower limb edema.

Laboratory findings in the form of raised bilirubin and liver enzymes, impaired coagulation profile, and/or low serum albumin.

Abdominal ultrasonography revealing liver cirrhosis (coarse echopattern, attenuated hepatic veins, irregular outlines, hypertrophy of caudate lobe and/or shrunken liver, presence of focal hepatic) and presence of splenomegaly, ascites, or portal vein thrombosis (PVT).

Exclusion Criteria:

A patient who had surgical resection or liver transplantation Patients refuse to participate Hepatic focal lesion other than HCC