title: Locally ablative non-surgical management of colo-rectal liver metastasis.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Liver is one of the commonest sites of metastasis in colorectal cancer patients. Solitary liver metastasis or oligometastasis are traditionally treated by surgical resection or chemotherapy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There may be a subgroup of these patients who are not suitable for surgery or chemotherapy due to various co-morbid factors. These patients can be treated by novel minimally invasive or noninvasive ablative techniques like interstitial brachytherapy, extracranial stereotactic radiotherapy, and radiofrequency ablation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Regional Cancer Center, Post-graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India. dramitbahl@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Amit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bahl
authors.forename: Rakesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kapoor
authors.forename: Pramod Kumar
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Tapesh
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bhattacharya
authors.forename: Oinam S
authors.initials: OS
authors.lastname: Arun
authors.forename: Tomar
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Parsee
authors.forename: Suresh C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Sharma
mesh_terms: D001918:Brachytherapy; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary / Q000628:therapy*; D016634:Radiosurgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome