Dr. Anne Covey on Locoregional Therapy in Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Anne Covey, MD, discusses options for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) who cannot undergo resection or transplant.
Anne Covey, MD, interventional radiologist, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses options for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) who cannot undergo resection or transplant. Covey says this group of patients is around 80% of those diagnosed with HCC, and the most common form of therapy is locoregional treatment, or therapy targeted to the liver.
Covey says some beneficial locoregional therapies offered to patients with HCC are bland embolization, chemoembolization, radioembolization, embolization with drug-eluding beads, and ablation.
Survivorship Care Promotes Evidence-Based Approaches for Quality of Life and Beyond
March 21st 2025Frank J. Penedo, PhD, explains the challenges of survivorship care for patients with cancer and how he implements programs to support patients’ emotional, physical, and practical needs.
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