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Hyunchul Rhim is affiliated with Samsung Medical Center in South Korea and has an extensive publication record primarily in the field of Medicine, with a strong focus on Hepatology. Their research covers a range of subfields including Epidemiology, Surgery, Oncology, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Within these areas, the main scientific topics addressed include hepatocellular carcinoma treatment and prognosis, liver disease diagnosis and treatment, cholangiocarcinoma and gallbladder cancer studies, liver disease and transplantation, hepatitis B virus studies, renal cell carcinoma treatment, and applications of ultrasound and hyperthermia.

Rhim's recent published papers encompass a variety of clinical and translational research on liver cancers and related therapies:

  • Consensus Guidelines for the Definition of Time-to-Event End Points in Image-guided Tumor Ablation: Results of the SIO and DATECAN Initiative (2021, Radiology)
  • Hepatocellular carcinoma patients with high circulating cytotoxic T cells and intra-tumoral immune signature benefit from pembrolizumab: results from a single-arm phase 2 trial (2022, Genome Medicine)
  • Updated 10-year outcomes of percutaneous radiofrequency ablation as first-line therapy for single hepatocellular carcinoma < 3 cm: emphasis on association of local tumor progression and overall survival (2020, European Radiology)
  • Laparoscopic Liver Resection versus Percutaneous Radiofrequency Ablation for Small Single Nodular Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Comparison of Treatment Outcomes (2021, Liver Cancer)
  • Transarterial Chemoembolization for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: 2023 Expert Consensus-Based Practical Recommendations of the Korean Liver Cancer Association (2023, Korean Journal of Radiology)

Hyunchul Rhim frequently collaborates with researchers including Min Woo Lee, Tae Wook Kang, Kyoung Doo Song, Dong Ik, and Ji Hye Min. These collaborations have contributed to over a hundred publications within the medical and radiological literature.

Their work is often found in specific publication venues, with a concentration of papers in the following journals:

  • Korean Journal of Radiology
  • ULTRASONOGRAPHY
  • European Radiology
  • Journal of Liver Cancer
  • International Journal of Hyperthermia

The academic output by Hyunchul Rhim broadly addresses clinical strategies for hepatocellular carcinoma and other liver malignancies, including tumor ablation techniques, immunotherapy applications, surgical comparisons, and consensus recommendations relevant to interventional oncology in hepatology. Their research results contribute to defining clinical endpoints and improving treatment outcomes for liver cancer patients.

Best Publications

  • Image-guided Tumor Ablation: Standardization of Terminology and Reporting Criteria—A 10-Year Update

    Muneeb Ahmed;Luigi Solbiati;Christopher L. Brace;David J. Breen

  • Image-guided Tumor Ablation: Standardization of Terminology and Reporting Criteria

    S. Nahum Goldberg;Clement J. Grassi;John F. Cardella;J. William Charboneau

  • Minimally invasive treatment of malignant hepatic tumors: At the threshold of a major breakthrough

    Gerald D. Dodd;Michael C. Soulen;Robert A. Kane;Tito Livraghi

  • Systematic Review of Randomized Trials for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treated With Percutaneous Ablation Therapies

    Yun Ku Cho;Jae Kyun Kim;Mi Young Kim;Hyunchul Rhim

  • Radiofrequency ablation of benign thyroid nodules: safety and imaging follow-up in 236 patients

    Woo Kyoung Jeong;Jung Hwan Baek;Hyunchul Rhim;Yoon Suk Kim

  • Image-guided tumor ablation: proposal for standardization of terms and reporting criteria

    S. Nahum Goldberg;J. William Charboneau;Gerald D. Dodd;Damian E. Dupuy

  • Image-guided tumor ablation: standardization of terminology and reporting criteria.

    S. Nahum Goldberg;Clement J. Grassi;John F. Cardella;J. William Charboneau

  • Image-guided tumor ablation: standardization of terminology and reporting criteria--a 10-year update.

    Muneeb Ahmed;Luigi Solbiati;Christopher L. Brace;David J. Breen

  • Essential techniques for successful radio-frequency thermal ablation of malignant hepatic tumors.

    Hyunchul Rhim;S. Nahum Goldberg;Gerald D. Dodd;Luigi Solbiati

  • Major Complications after Radio-frequency Thermal Ablation of Hepatic Tumors: Spectrum of Imaging Findings

    Hyunchul Rhim;Kwon Ha Yoon;Jeong Min Lee;Yoonkoo Cho

  • Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation for early-stage hepatocellular carcinoma as a first-line treatment: long-term results and prognostic factors in a large single-institution series.

    Dongil Choi;Hyo K. Lim;Hyunchul Rhim;Young-sun Kim

  • Ten-year outcomes of percutaneous radiofrequency ablation as first-line therapy of early hepatocellular carcinoma: Analysis of prognostic factors

    Young-sun Kim;Hyo Keun Lim;Hyunchul Rhim;Min Woo Lee

  • Radiofrequency Thermal Ablation of Abdominal Tumors: Lessons Learned from Complications

    Hyunchul Rhim;Gerald D. Dodd;Kedar N. Chintapalli;Bradford J. Wood

  • Radiofrequency ablation of benign cold thyroid nodules: initial clinical experience.

    Young-Sun Kim;Hyunchul Rhim;Kyung Tae;Dong Woo Park

  • Intrahepatic recurrence after percutaneous radiofrequency ablation of hepatocellular carcinoma: analysis of the pattern and risk factors.

    Young-sun Kim;Hyunchul Rhim;Hyunchul Rhim;On Koo Cho;Byung Hee Koh

  • The Minimal Ablative Margin of Radiofrequency Ablation of Hepatocellular Carcinoma (> 2 and < 5 cm) Needed to Prevent Local Tumor Progression: 3D Quantitative Assessment Using CT Image Fusion

    Young-sun Kim;Won Jae Lee;Hyunchul Rhim;Hyo K. Lim

  • Thermal ablation of colorectal liver metastases: a position paper by an international panel of ablation experts, the interventional oncology sans frontières meeting 2013

    Alice Gillams;Nahum Goldberg;Muneeb Ahmed;Reto Bale

  • Thermal Ablation for Benign Thyroid Nodules: Radiofrequency and Laser

    Jung Hwan Baek;Jeong Hyun Lee;Roberto Valcavi;Claudio M. Pacella

  • Effect of Microvascular Invasion Risk on Early Recurrence of Hepatocellular Carcinoma After Surgery and Radiofrequency Ablation.

    Sunyoung Lee;Sunyoung Lee;Tae Wook Kang;Kyoung Doo Song;Min Woo Lee

  • Small Hepatocellular Carcinomas: Improved Sensitivity by Combining Gadoxetic Acid–enhanced and Diffusion-weighted MR Imaging Patterns

    Min Jung Park;Young Kon Kim;Min Woo Lee;Won Jae Lee

Frequent Co-Authors

Hyo Keun Lim
Hyo Keun Lim Samsung Medical Center
Bradford J. Wood
Bradford J. Wood National Institutes of Health
S. Nahum Goldberg
S. Nahum Goldberg Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center
Jeong Min Lee
Jeong Min Lee Seoul National University
Thomas J. Vogl
Thomas J. Vogl Goethe University Frankfurt
Thierry de Baere
Thierry de Baere Institut Gustave Roussy
Michael C. Soulen
Michael C. Soulen University of Pennsylvania
Stephen B. Solomon
Stephen B. Solomon Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Byung Ihn Choi
Byung Ihn Choi Seoul National University
Stuart G. Silverman
Stuart G. Silverman Brigham and Women's Hospital

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