Enhancing global hepatocellular carcinoma management: Bridging Eastern and Western perspectives on dexamethasone and N-acetylcysteine before transarterial chemoembolization

Figure 2 Differences in treatment perspectives. A: Drug-eluting bead transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) is more favored in Western countries; B: Conventional transarterial chemoembolization is more favored in Eastern countries.; C: Describe the common causes of liver disease in the Western and Eastern regions, where the group of causes for liver disease in the West includes hepatitis C virus, alcohol-related liver disease, and metabolic-related liver disease, while in the East it includes viral hepatitis in general, use of hepatotoxic drugs, and alcohol consumption; D: Indications for TACE treatment in liver cancer patients. DEB-TACE: Drug-eluting bead transarterial chemoembolization; cTACE: Conventional transarterial chemoembolization.