Liver Cancer Treatment & Ongoing Care

Surgical Resection and Radiofrequency Ablation

Combination of more than one modality in the treatment of malignancies has proven worthwhile in many different settings with many different types of cancers. In the case of HCC’s or metastatic cancers to the liver, it now appears that the combination of techniques of liver resection with ablation of other lesions will allow a greater percentage of patients with these cancers to be treated. Resection of a single lobe of the liver can now be accomplished in patients who would have historically been excluded from consideration, since remaining other lesions within the liver can be ablated at the same time as the resection. I do not know what percentage of patients will fit this category as this is still an area under active investigation and development across the Developed World. However, I believe that the combination of hepatic resection and ablation will be very important in the management of these patients for years to come.

Contact my office to learn more about the combination of surgical resection and radiofrequency ablation for liver cancer treament.