need some answers radio frequency ablation

kdo29
kdo29 Member Posts: 25
edited March 2014 in Colorectal Cancer #1
My mom had liver mets from colon cancer.had liver ressection,went back 3 months spot smaller than 1cm..went through 5 chemo treatments.spot smaller ...they are considering Radio frequency ablation...can anyone give me some info on this ....quetions for her to ask the doctor.i want her to be armed with knowledge...thanks guys and gals...you all always help me out.answer soon...she goes thursday:)

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  • C Dixon
    C Dixon Member Posts: 201
    #2
    I had this.
    I had this on some small spots on my liver back in September. Scans in February were clean. Here is an article on it.

    Radiofrequency ablation helps prolong life of colorectal cancer patients
    17. March 2010 04:24


    Nearly half of colon cancer patients will develop liver metastases; the majority will not be candidates for surgery-interventional radiology treatment destroys cancer locally, extends life
    Approximately half of Americans living with colorectal cancer will develop liver metastases at some point during the course of their disease. Radiofrequency ablation, a minimally invasive treatment that applies heat directly in the tumor causing cancer cell death with minimal associated injury to the surrounding healthy liver, contributes to prolongation of their life by nearly three years, note researchers at the Society of Interventional Radiology's 35th Annual Scientific Meeting in Tampa, Fla.

    "Patients who have recurrent colon cancer in their liver after surgery can be treated with radiofrequency ablation, or RFA, and avoid repeated liver surgery," said Constantinos T. Sofocleous, M.D., Ph.D., FSIR, an interventional radiologist at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, N.Y. "RFA kills target cancer tissue with heat, while sparing the healthy tissue. This is particularly important for patients who develop new colon cancer in the liver after prior surgery. In general, these patients have a smaller amount of liver tissue; another surgery is usually not possible or very difficult and associated with higher risk," added Sofocleous, an associate professor of radiology at Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, N.Y. "This research shows how interventional radiologists can treat patients who have failed a prior surgical treatment. In addition it demonstrates how the combination of all available treatment modalities and the cooperation of medical specialists can improve the outcomes and may prolong patients' lives," he explained.

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  • Sundanceh
    Sundanceh Member Posts: 4,392 Member
    #3
    RFA Here Too!
    They burned a small orange out of my liver - about 9cm.

    They had opened me up for a full liver resection, so I got the big cut - once inside they had to switch over to RFA.

    That was in Dec2007 - told me I would not see another year and even with RFA, that cancer in the liver would return in 1-year.

    Wrong on both counts:)

    Still here - this is a good procedure and has equal to or even better results than traditional liver resection. Feel good about this one.

    -Craig

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