Tumour stiffness associated with tumour response to conventional transarterial chemoembolisation for hepatocellular carcinoma: preliminary findings

•Tumor stiffness characteristics associated with tumor response to TACE. •Patients with specific tumor stiffness characteristics might be likely to have treatment response to TACE. •Tumor stiffness features might be an added predictor of tumor response to TACE. AIM To evaluate whether elastic (stiffness) characteristics of tumours were associated with treatment responses and survival of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) treated with...