Outcomes for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma with pulmonary metastasis: Surgical vs. immunotherapy
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Advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with pulmonary metastasis (PM) has a poor prognosis, and optimal treatment strategies remain controversial. This study compared pulmonary metastasectomy and combination immunotherapy with targeted molecular therapies for advanced HCC with pulmonary metastasis, indicating that pulmonary metastasectomy provided longer survival than immunotherapy combined with targeted molecular therapies and has the potential to become the optimal treatment for highly selected HCC patients with resectable PM.
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