Thermal ablation of colorectal liver metastases: a position paper by an international panel of ablation experts, The Interventional Oncology Sans Frontières meeting 2013.
Alice R GillamsNahum GoldbergMuneeb AhmedReto BaleDavid BreenMatthew CallstromMin Hua ChenByung Ihn ChoiThierry de BaereDamian DupuyAfshin GangiDebra GervaisThomas HelmbergerErnst-Michael JungFred LeeRiccardo LencioniPing LiangTito LivraghiDavid LuFranca MeloniPhilippe PereiraFabio PiscagliaHyunchul RhimRiad SalemConstantinos SofocleousStephen B SolomonMichael SoulenMasatoshi TanakaThomas VoglBrad WoodLuigi SolbiatiPublished in: European radiology (2015)
• Best results require due consideration of tumour size, number, volume and location. • Ablation technology, imaging guidance and intra-procedural imaging assessment must be optimised. • Accepted applications include inoperable disease due to tumour distribution or inadequate liver reserve. • Other current indications include concurrent co-morbidity, patient choice and the test-of-time approach. • Future applications may include resectable disease, e.g. for small solitary tumours.