title: Treatment of hepatic and pulmonary metastases with radiofrequency.
abstract: Although metastatic disease indicates diffusion of a cancer at a distance from its site of origin, in some cases pulmonary and hepatic metastases are isolated and slowly progressive, making them suitable for local treatment. Thermo-ablation techniques are associated with low morbidity and reduced collateral parenchymal damage; they therefore play an important role in such patients, where the disease is slow and chronic, requiring repeated local treatments. Unlike radiotherapy, a second treatment is possible in the event of local failure.
authors.affiliation: Radiologie Interventionnelle, Institut Gustave-Roussy, 39, rue Camille-Desmoulins, 94805 Villejuif cedex, France. Electronic address: debaere@igr.fr.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: de Baere
authors.affiliation: Radiologie Interventionnelle, Institut Gustave-Roussy, 39, rue Camille-Desmoulins, 94805 Villejuif cedex, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Deschamps
mesh_terms: D017115:Catheter Ablation; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D059146:Metastasectomy / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Hepatic; Metastasis; Radio-frequency; Tumour