Microwave ablation (MWA) of colorectal liver metastases (CRLM) had low rates of failure and morbidity and warrants consideration as definitive treatment, authors of a large clinical review suggested.

Thermal ablation demonstrated noninferiority to surgical resection for small colorectal liver metastases, with comparable overall survival and local control outcomes. The COLLISION trial showed ...

A new study led by investigators at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center may help explain why certain liver tumors return quickly after thermal ablation, a widely used ...

Surgery and radiofrequency ablation showed similar 5-year survival rates for small liver tumors. Both treatments had nearly identical 5-year recurrence-free survival outcomes. Patient and tumor ...

Radiation therapy is used to treat tumors of the liver that can’t be removed with surgery and that are too large for other treatment options. Radiation therapy alone isn’t a cure for liver cancer, but ...

· Unlike other common cancers, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) currently has no adjuvant treatment to reduce recurrence for patients after curative-intent resection or ablation · Results of IMbrave050, ...

Microwave is not a word you think would be used to describe a medical procedure. But it is. Microwave ablation is a laparoscopic procedure for cancer therapy, said Dr. Zachary Senders, a ...