Long-Term Outcome of Repeat Resection versus Radiofrequency Ablation for Intrahepatic Recurrence after Curative Resection of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Initially within Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer Staging System 0-A Stages: A Multicenter Study

In patients with primary HCC classified as BCLC stage 0-A who have undergone curative resection, RR is superior to RFA in terms of both RFS and OS when the recurrent tumors are ≤3 in number and ≤3 cm in size.