Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9391400 | Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology | 2005 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
The present study evaluated the feasibility of combined therapy employing repeated hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy (HAIC) via a port-catheter system and radiofrequency (RF) ablation for unresectable metastatic liver cancer from the colo-rectum. RF ablation was performed for six patients with liver malignancies that had been well controlled and had decreased in number and size with repeated HAIC. After RF ablation subsequent to repeated HAIC, all six patients had stable disease or complete or partial remission as documented by follow-up contrastenhanced computed tomographic (CT) imaging. Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (18F) showed complete response in all ablated lesions. In conclusion, RF ablation after a course of HAIC achieved complete necrosis in residual lesions after HAIC therapy.
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Authors
Takuji MD, PhD, Takeharu MD, Osamu MD, Tatsuya MD, Tsunehiko MD, PhD,