Electrolytic ablation of colorectal liver metastases: 1-year histological patient follow-up.
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.
Berry
D P
DP
Department of Surgery, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, UK.
Dennison
A R
AR
Ward
R
R
Maddern
G J
GJ
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