Image-guided ablation is gaining on surgery for resectable liver tumours
Published
01 October 2011
| Article by Excerpta Medica
| Tags:
ablation,
surgical-resection,
liver-cancer
Image-guided ablation is gaining on surgery for resectable liver tumours
Image-guided ablation has many advantages over surgical resection in the treatment of liver malignancies, whether the tumours are primary or metastatic. Minimally invasive ablation techniques, which include energy delivered by radiofrequency or microwave or destruction of tissue by freezing, typically allow fast recovery and a relatively low risk of complications. A debate about whether ablation will eventually replace surgery in the treatment of liver tumours failed to materialize when both sides agreed that both options are important.
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