… effect of liver tumor … tumor progression is related to incomplete tumor ablation. However, it
is often difficult to obtain a specific safety margin in three dimensions all around a large tumor. …

… and 1 with liver metastasis from a Wilms' tumor. Both patients … Radiofrequency ablation
may be a good addition to the existing arsenal of treatment modalities for pediatric liver tumors…

… liver tumors at initial stereotactic RF ablation … RF ablation, 17 (48.6%) patients with HCC
and 19 (33.3%) with metastases had 4 liver tumors, 11 (31.4%) and 19 (33.3%) had 5 tumors…

… Our group has abandoned the use of cryotherapy to treat primary or metastatic liver tumors
… I will no longer treat very large tumors with radiofrequency ablation because of the long …

… application has been for liver tumors. Three RFA systems … liver treated with open surgical
radiofrequency ablation. (A) Contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) scan of the liver …

… abscess (n = 7, 2.0%) was also the most common major complication in 350 radiofrequency
ablation sessions of 582 hepatic tumors in 312 patients. The frequency of abscess formation …

… effectively to laparoscopic liver surgery and offers the advantages of intraoperative US,
which provides better resolution of the number and location of liver tumors. The postoperative …

… Local ablative therapies have emerged as an alternative approach to the treatment of
irresectable liver tumours. Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) has shown promise in selected patients …

… Between 2/2000 and 11/2004 we have undertaken 116 RFA procedures to ablate 404
unresectable primary or metastatic liver tumours in 84 patients. The clinical data of all patients …

… of 140 liver tumors (83 hepatocellular carcinomas developed on a … liver, ie, “cirrhosis group,”
and 57 tumors developed on a healthy liver, mainly liver metastasis, ie, “healthy liver group”…