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HIFU is an effective treatment modality for unresectable HCC with a high technique effectiveness rate and favorable survival outcome.

The use of the self-expanding metallic stents can achieve rapid and effective nonsurgical means to relieve left-sided colonic obstruction. It provides good palliation for unresectable advanced tumors that cause colonic obstruction. It may also have a role in the temporary relief of obstruction so that subsequent colonic resection can be performed under elective conditions.

This study demonstrated that incomplete ablation after RFA of HCC was associated with tumor size > 3 cm. Our data also suggest that aggressive further treatment of tumors with incomplete ablation aiming at complete tumor response improves overall survival.