Conclusion
Although surgical resection remains the “gold standard” for potentially curative therapy for colorectal carcinoma liver metastases, recent improvements in RFA technology have provided patients and physicians with a new treatment option. Advances in RFA device technology, imaging modalities, and minimally invasive tools offer the promise of a more effective and less invasive treatment in the future. The pace with which advances have been made in RFA for liver tumors has added to the excitement in the field. RFA will presumably complement established therapies, including regional and systemic chemotherapy and resection. Results of small, single-institution clinical trials evaluating RFA in this role are promising. Large-scale clinical trials and more long-term outcome data are needed to evaluate the efficacy and role of RFA for the treatment of liver metastases.
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Tanabe, K.K., Choti, M.A. (2004). Radiofrequency Ablation of Colon and Rectal Carcinoma Liver Metastases. In: Radiofrequency Ablation for Cancer. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-21598-0_2
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