Even with the advent of laparoscopic techniques for liver tumours, classic resections still
represent a major undertaking for numerous liver lesions. The avoidance of surgery using …

Image-guided thermal ablation of liver cancer is a well-established treatment for patients
with primary or secondary liver tumors. While the safety profile for liver ablations is high …

Surgical resection has long been considered the gold standard for the local treatment of
primary and secondary liver tumours. Until recent years, percutaneous thermal ablation …

Percutaneous image-guided chemical ablation plays a role in the management of a wide
spectrum of liver lesions, ranging from simple liver cysts to multifocal primary or metastatic …

Various hepatic pathologies, including primary hepatocellular carcinoma, metastases, and
symptomatic simple cysts, may be treated with liver ablation therapy. There are a variety of …

Percutaneous liver ablation has become a cornerstone of the recently developed
subspecialty of radiology–that is, interventional oncology. Thermal ablation technology has …

Background To assess the frequency of major complications after thermal ablation of liver
tumours and to determine risk factors for adverse events. Methods A retrospective study was …

To the Editor: I am grateful to Dr Hayman; he and I agree on much. In my article (1), I focused
on those facts which are accepted and well documented concerning Darwin's illness, and of …

Purpose To determine whether variable hepatic microwave ablation (MWA) can induce local
inflammation and distant pro-oncogenic effects compared with hepatic radiofrequency …