Chicago — Surgical resection is the standard of care for small colorectal liver metastases, but the results of a phase 3 trial reported at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 2024 annual ...

Thermal ablation demonstrated noninferiority to surgical resection for small colorectal liver metastases, with comparable overall survival and local control outcomes. The COLLISION trial showed ...

Surgery and radiofrequency ablation showed similar 5-year survival rates for small liver tumors. Both treatments had nearly identical 5-year recurrence-free survival outcomes. Patient and tumor ...

Microwave ablation (MWA) of colorectal liver metastases (CRLM) had low rates of failure and morbidity and warrants consideration as definitive treatment, authors of a large clinical review suggested.

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — A doctor at an Overland Park hospital made history performing the area’s first non-invasive liver tumor treatment. FOX4 spoke with the surgeon about how it works and the first ...

In patients with recurrent small hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) demonstrated superior local progression-free survival (PFS) and tumor control at 3 years compared ...

A transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS for short) is a procedure meant to help blood flow more easily through your liver. It’s usually done to treat complications caused by liver damage ...

Radiation therapy is used to treat tumors of the liver that can’t be removed with surgery and that are too large for other treatment options. Radiation therapy alone isn’t a cure for liver cancer, but ...