title: Electrolytic ablation of colorectal liver metastases: 1-year histological patient follow-up.
abstract: Whilst up to 50% of patients with colorectal carcinoma will develop liver metastases, only 20% of those patients will be amenable to potentially curative liver resection. There is therefore great need for other effective therapies, and we report complete ablation of a colorectal liver metastasis using electrolysis, which was histologically confirmed at 1 year. The clinical impact of complete tumour ablation at 1 year means that a proportion of those patients currently deemed inoperable and therefore incurable, may be suitable for curative treatment.
authors: Department of Surgery, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, UK.
authors: D P
authors: DP
authors: Berry
authors: A R
authors: AR
authors: Dennison
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Ward
authors: G J
authors: GJ
authors: Maddern
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy*; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D004572:Electrolysis; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged