Surgery Versus Ablation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Randomized Controlled Trial (SURF-RCT Trial) and a Nonrandomized Prospective Observational Trial (SURF-Cohort Trial)
The SURF trial did not demonstrate that surgery was superior to RFA for small HCC.
Authors
- Kosuke Kashiwabara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3103-8055)
- Ryosuke Tateishi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3021-2517)
- Norihiro Kokudo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9003-8613)
- Masatoshi Kudo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4102-3474)
- Masao Omata (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7977-1497)
- Yukiyasu Okamura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3384-2709)
- Naoki Yamanaka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6244-2686)
- Mitsuhiro Fujishiro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4074-1140)
- Taro Yamashita (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3383-9131)
- Kiyoshi Hasegawa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8734-740X)
- Shuichiro Shiina (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7314-7228)
- Masayuki Kurosaki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7016-8931)
- Yoshikuni Kawaguchi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2986-3224)
- Masafumi Inomata (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8475-3688)
- Yutaka Matsuyama (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2009-6831)
- Mitsuo Shimada
Institutions
- Kanazawa University (JP)
- Nihon University (JP)
- Oita University (JP)
- Juntendo University (JP)
- National Center for Global Health and Medicine (JP)
- Miwa Hospital (JP)
- University of Tokyo Hospital (JP)
- Musashino Red Cross Hospital (JP)
- Yamanashi Prefectural Central Hospital (JP)
- The University of Tokyo (JP)
- Kindai University (JP)
- Tokushima University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Clinical Oncology
- Published
- 2025-06-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1200/jco-24-02030
- Citations
- 9
- Primary Topic
- Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 11.90