Editorial: is microwave ablation an alternative to liver resection for hepatocellular carcinoma?

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LINKED CONTENTThis article is linked to Tong et al papers. To view these articles, visit https://doi.org/10.1111/apt.17263 and https://doi.org/10.1111/apt.17320

Editorial: is microwave ablation an alternative to liver resection for hepatocellular carcinoma? Authorsʼ reply

“…He et al summarised their 2019 study by comparing microwave ablation to resection in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) within Milan criteria; their results differed in some respects from ours 1–3 . In contrast to our study, they showed a higher tumour recurrence rate for the microwave ablation (MWA) group even in patients with small HCC (<3 cm).…”