Biopsy and Margins Optimize Outcomes after Thermal Ablation of Colorectal Liver Metastases.
Nikiforos Vasiniotis KamarinosEfsevia VakianiMithat GonenNancy E KemenyCarlie SigelLeonard B SaltzKaren T BrownAnne M CoveyJoseph P ErinjeriLynn A BrodyEtay ZivHooman YarmohammadiHenry KuninAfsar BarlasElena N PetrePeter T KinghamMichael I D'AngelicaKatia Manova-TodorovaStephen B SolomonConstantinos T SofocleousPublished in: Cancers (2022)
Biopsy-proven complete tumor ablation with margins of at least 5 mm achieves optimal local tumor control for CLM, regardless of the ablation modality used.