Regional therapy of hepatic metastases.
In conclusion, there are a variety of treatment approaches used by surgeons, interventional radiologists, and medical oncologists to treat metastatic cancer distributed throughout the liver. One conclusion is that the number of different techniques suggests that no single treatment has been uniformly successful to date. A second conclusion is that the number of techniques applied argues for the importance of this as a clinical problem in oncology today. The number of patients with metastatic disease to the liver and the potential for long-term survival if that disease can be controlled will lead to further combinations and refinements of these techniques in future clinical trials.
Fraker
Douglas L
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Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Medical School, 1 Silverstein, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. frakerd@uphs.upenn.edu
Soulen
Michael
M
D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms; D003452:Cryosurgery; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005472:Fluorouracil / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006499:Hepatic Artery; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy*; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative
D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D005472:Fluorouracil