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Article: Thermal ablative therapy for malignant liver tumors: A critical appraisal

TitleThermal ablative therapy for malignant liver tumors: A critical appraisal
Authors
KeywordsCryotherapy
Interstitial laser therapy
Malignant liver tumor
Microwave coagulation therapy
Radiofrequency ablation
Thermal ablative therapy
Issue Date2003
PublisherWiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journals/JGH
Citation
Journal Of Gastroenterology And Hepatology, 2003, v. 18 n. 6, p. 616-629 How to Cite?
AbstractThe management of primary and secondary malignant liver tumors poses a great challenge to clinicians. Although surgical resection is the gold-standard treatment, most patients have unresectable malignant liver tumors. Over the past decade, various modalities of loco-regional therapy have gained much interest. Among them, thermal ablative therapy, including cryotherapy, microwave coagulation, interstitial laser therapy, and radiofrequency ablation (RFA), have been proven to be safe and effective. Despite the effective tumor eradication achieved within cryotherapy, the underlying freeze/thaw mechanism has resulted in serious complications that include bleeding from liver cracking and the 'cryoshock' phenomenon. Thermal ablation using microwave and laser therapy for malignant liver tumors is curative and is associated with minimal complications. However, this treatment modality is effective only for tumors <3 cm diameter. Radiofrequency ablation seems to be the most promising form of thermal ablative therapy in terms of a lower complication rate and a larger volume of ablation. However, its use is restricted by the difficulty encountered when using imaging studies to monitor the areas of ablation during and after the procedure. Moreover, the techniques of RFA need to be refined in order to achieve the same oncological radicality of malignant liver tumors as achieved by surgical resection. As each of the loco-regional therapies has its own advantages and limitations, a multidisciplinary approach using a combination of therapies will be the future trend for the management of malignant liver tumors. © 2003 Blackwell Publishing Asia Pty Ltd.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/83303
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2023 Impact Factor: 3.7
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.179
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dc.contributor.authorLam, CMen_HK
dc.contributor.authorPoon, RTPen_HK
dc.contributor.authorAi, Ven_HK
dc.contributor.authorTso, WKen_HK
dc.contributor.authorFan, STen_HK
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dc.date.issued2003en_HK
dc.identifier.citationJournal Of Gastroenterology And Hepatology, 2003, v. 18 n. 6, p. 616-629en_HK
dc.identifier.issn0815-9319en_HK
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dc.description.abstractThe management of primary and secondary malignant liver tumors poses a great challenge to clinicians. Although surgical resection is the gold-standard treatment, most patients have unresectable malignant liver tumors. Over the past decade, various modalities of loco-regional therapy have gained much interest. Among them, thermal ablative therapy, including cryotherapy, microwave coagulation, interstitial laser therapy, and radiofrequency ablation (RFA), have been proven to be safe and effective. Despite the effective tumor eradication achieved within cryotherapy, the underlying freeze/thaw mechanism has resulted in serious complications that include bleeding from liver cracking and the 'cryoshock' phenomenon. Thermal ablation using microwave and laser therapy for malignant liver tumors is curative and is associated with minimal complications. However, this treatment modality is effective only for tumors <3 cm diameter. Radiofrequency ablation seems to be the most promising form of thermal ablative therapy in terms of a lower complication rate and a larger volume of ablation. However, its use is restricted by the difficulty encountered when using imaging studies to monitor the areas of ablation during and after the procedure. Moreover, the techniques of RFA need to be refined in order to achieve the same oncological radicality of malignant liver tumors as achieved by surgical resection. As each of the loco-regional therapies has its own advantages and limitations, a multidisciplinary approach using a combination of therapies will be the future trend for the management of malignant liver tumors. © 2003 Blackwell Publishing Asia Pty Ltd.en_HK
dc.languageengen_HK
dc.publisherWiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journals/JGHen_HK
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Gastroenterology and Hepatologyen_HK
dc.subjectCryotherapyen_HK
dc.subjectInterstitial laser therapyen_HK
dc.subjectMalignant liver tumoren_HK
dc.subjectMicrowave coagulation therapyen_HK
dc.subjectRadiofrequency ablationen_HK
dc.subjectThermal ablative therapyen_HK
dc.titleThermal ablative therapy for malignant liver tumors: A critical appraisalen_HK
dc.typeArticleen_HK
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dc.identifier.doi10.1046/j.1440-1746.2003.02991.xen_HK
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