3D margin assessment predicts local tumor progression after ablation of colorectal cancer liver metastases.
Nikiforos Vasiniotis KamarinosMithat GonenVlasios S SotirchosElena KayeElena N PetreStephen B SolomonJoseph P ErinjeriEtay ZivAssen KirovConstantinos T SofocleousPublished in: International journal of hyperthermia : the official journal of European Society for Hyperthermic Oncology, North American Hyperthermia Group (2022)
Image registration software can measure ablation margins and detect MM under 5 mm intraoperatively, with significantly higher sensitivity than the 2D technique using landmarks on the post-ablation CECT. The identification of a margin under 5 mm is strongly associated with LTP.