Validation and reappraisal of the assessment for retreatment with transarterial chemoembolization score for unresectable non-metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma in a hepatitis b virus-endemic region.

Abstract

To validate and reappraise the Assessment for Retreatment with Transarterial chemoembolization (ART) score comprising three parameters (>25 % increase in aspartate aminotransferase [AST], increase in Child-Pugh score and tumour response), determined prior to subsequent transarterial chemoembolization (TACE).