title: Repeated hepatic resections and radio-frequency ablations may improve the survival of adult undifferentiated embryonal sarcoma of the liver: report of two cases.
abstract: Undifferentiated embryonal sarcoma of the liver (UESL) in adults, especially over 30 years old, is quite rare. We report two adult UESL patients that one of them survived 62 months and one is now surviving more than 65 months treated with repeated hepatic resections and radio-frequency ablations. Although UESL is an entirely unusual and aggressive tumor, multidisciplinary treatments including repeated hepatic resections and radio-frequency ablations may provide a longer survival.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1, Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, 860-0811 Japan.
authors.forename: Toshiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Masuda
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1, Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, 860-0811 Japan ; Department of Multidisciplinary Treatment for Gastroenterological Cancer, Kumamoto University Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Toru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Beppu
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1, Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, 860-0811 Japan.
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Doi
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1, Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, 860-0811 Japan.
authors.forename: Tatsunori
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miyata
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1, Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, 860-0811 Japan.
authors.forename: Shigeki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nakagawa
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1, Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, 860-0811 Japan.
authors.forename: Hirohisa
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Okabe
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1, Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, 860-0811 Japan.
authors.forename: Hiromitsu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1, Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, 860-0811 Japan.
authors.forename: Takatoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ishiko
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Pathology, Kumamoto University Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Ken-Ichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Iyama
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1, Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, 860-0811 Japan.
authors.forename: Hideo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Baba
keywords: Hepatic resection; Radio-frequency ablation; Undifferentiated embryonal sarcoma