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Does Radiofrequency Ablation Add to Chemotherapy for Unresectable Liver Metastases?

In patients with unresectable colorectal liver metastases (CRLM), radiofrequency ablation (RFA) might be a good alternative, whenever possible. In contrast to systemic therapy, the aim of RFA is to achieve complete local tumor control in an attempt to provide long-term survival. In this article we d...

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Autores principales: Govaert, Klaas M., van Kessel, Charlotte S., Lolkema, Martijn, Ruers, Theo J. M., Borel Rinkes, Inne H. M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Current Science Inc. 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3343230/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22611343
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11888-012-0122-9
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author Govaert, Klaas M.
van Kessel, Charlotte S.
Lolkema, Martijn
Ruers, Theo J. M.
Borel Rinkes, Inne H. M.
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description In patients with unresectable colorectal liver metastases (CRLM), radiofrequency ablation (RFA) might be a good alternative, whenever possible. In contrast to systemic therapy, the aim of RFA is to achieve complete local tumor control in an attempt to provide long-term survival. In this article we discuss the available evidence regarding the treatment of patients with unresectable CRLM, focusing on RFA in conjunction with modern systemic therapies. We observed that the available evidence in the existing literature is limited, and often consists of level 2 and 3 evidence, thereby hampering any firm conclusions. Nonetheless, RFA seems superior to chemotherapy alone in patients with liver-only disease amenable for RFA. However, the combination of RFA and chemotherapy has been demonstrated to be feasible and safe, lending support to the concept of RFA followed by chemotherapy, in order to reduce local recurrence rates and prolong survival.
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spelling pubmed-33432302012-05-16 Does Radiofrequency Ablation Add to Chemotherapy for Unresectable Liver Metastases? Govaert, Klaas M. van Kessel, Charlotte S. Lolkema, Martijn Ruers, Theo J. M. Borel Rinkes, Inne H. M. Curr Colorectal Cancer Rep Therapeutic Trends for CRC Hepatic Metastases (K Tanabe and A Grothey, Section Editors) In patients with unresectable colorectal liver metastases (CRLM), radiofrequency ablation (RFA) might be a good alternative, whenever possible. In contrast to systemic therapy, the aim of RFA is to achieve complete local tumor control in an attempt to provide long-term survival. In this article we discuss the available evidence regarding the treatment of patients with unresectable CRLM, focusing on RFA in conjunction with modern systemic therapies. We observed that the available evidence in the existing literature is limited, and often consists of level 2 and 3 evidence, thereby hampering any firm conclusions. Nonetheless, RFA seems superior to chemotherapy alone in patients with liver-only disease amenable for RFA. However, the combination of RFA and chemotherapy has been demonstrated to be feasible and safe, lending support to the concept of RFA followed by chemotherapy, in order to reduce local recurrence rates and prolong survival. Current Science Inc. 2012-03-17 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3343230/ /pubmed/22611343 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11888-012-0122-9 Text en © The Author(s) 2012 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits any use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and the source are credited.
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Borel Rinkes, Inne H. M.
Does Radiofrequency Ablation Add to Chemotherapy for Unresectable Liver Metastases?
title Does Radiofrequency Ablation Add to Chemotherapy for Unresectable Liver Metastases?
title_full Does Radiofrequency Ablation Add to Chemotherapy for Unresectable Liver Metastases?
title_fullStr Does Radiofrequency Ablation Add to Chemotherapy for Unresectable Liver Metastases?
title_full_unstemmed Does Radiofrequency Ablation Add to Chemotherapy for Unresectable Liver Metastases?
title_short Does Radiofrequency Ablation Add to Chemotherapy for Unresectable Liver Metastases?
title_sort does radiofrequency ablation add to chemotherapy for unresectable liver metastases?
topic Therapeutic Trends for CRC Hepatic Metastases (K Tanabe and A Grothey, Section Editors)
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