Efficacy and safety of transcatheter arterial chemoembolization combined with microwave ablation for hepatic hemangiomas (> 5 cm)
Jia-Peng Sun, Kang Zhou, Jie Pan, Ning Yang, Xiao-Nan Sun, Hai-Tao Zhao, Xiao-Bo Yang
Jia-Peng Sun, Kang Zhou, Jie Pan, Ning Yang, Xiao-Nan Sun, Department of Radiology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
Hai-Tao Zhao, Xiao-Bo Yang, Department of Liver Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
Co-first authors: Jia-Peng Sun and Kang Zhou.
Author contributions: Sun JP, Zhou K, Pan J, Yang N, and Sun XN designed the research study; Sun JP and Zhou K contributed equally to this article, they are the co-first authors of this manuscript; Sun JP, Zhou K, Yang N, and Sun XN performed the research and acquired the data; Zhao HT and Yang XB contributed to the multidisciplinary evaluation of patients; Sun JP and Zhou K analyzed the data; Sun JP, Zhou K, Pan J, Zhao HT, and Yang XB wrote and critically revised the manuscript; and all authors have read and approve the final manuscript.
Supported by the Peking Union Medical College Hospital Central High-Level Hospital Clinical Research Project, No. 2022-PUMCH-B-069.
Institutional review board statement: This study was approved by the Medical Ethics Committee of Peking Union Medical College Hospital, approval No. 1-24PJ1959.
Informed consent statement: All study participants, or their legal guardian, provided informed written consent prior to study enrollment.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors report no relevant conflicts of interest for this article.
STROBE statement: The authors have read the STROBE Statement-checklist of items, and the manuscript was prepared and revised according to the STROBE Statement-checklist of items.
Data sharing statement: Participants gave informed consent for data sharing. Dataset available from the corresponding author at
markpan6885@sina.com.
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https://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Corresponding author: Jie Pan, MD, Chief, Department of Radiology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, No. 1 Shuaifuyuan, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100730, China.
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Received: April 29, 2025
Revised: May 24, 2025
Accepted: July 4, 2025
Published online: July 28, 2025
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