Abstract: Objective To investigate the clinical efficacy of transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE)
combined with mesylate apatinib in the treatment of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma. Methods Total of 114
patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in Shunde Hospital, Southern University from February
2013 to January 2016 were selected as the research objects and were divided into 3 groups by random number
table, 38 cases in each group. Patients in group A were treated with TACE, patients in group B were treated
with mesylate apatinib and patients in group C were treated with TACE + mesylate apatinib. The efficacy of the
three groups were analyzed. Results Before treatment, there was no significant difference in the levels of serum
vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and matrix metalloprotein 9 (MMP-9) among the 3 groups (P > 0.05),
and after treatment, the levels of serum VEGF and MMP-9 of the three groups were significantly different (P <
0.05). The survival rate of group A, group B and group C were 34.12%, 28.95% and 60.52% after treatment for
6 months, respectively, the differences were statistically significant (χ 2 = 21.333,P < 0.001). The survival rate
of group A, group B and group C were 21.05%, 15.79% and 42.10% after treatment for 12 months, respectively,
the differences were statistically significant (χ 2 = 7.600,P = 0.022). The rate of disease control in group A,
group B and group C were 23.68%, 23.68% and 50.00%, the differences were statistically significant (χ 2 = 8.003,
P = 0.018). There was no significant difference in the incidence of adverse reactions among the 3 groups (χ 2 =
1.416,P = 0.493). Conclusion The clinical effect of TACE combined with mesylate apatinib in the treatment of
patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma was significant and the tumor cells were effectively inhibited.
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