Current Understanding of Ablative Radiation Therapy in Hepatocellular Carcinoma

: The role of ablative stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has been evolving over the last few decades. SBRT has mostly been used in early stages of HCC, including few (≤ 3 in number) tumors, small tumours (< 3 cm in size), as well as larger tumours which are ineligible for other ablative modalities, mostly without vascular invasion. In early stage HCC, SBRT is used as a definitive treatment with curative...