Percutaneous RF interstitial thermal ablation in the treatment of hepatic cancer

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 167, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 673-759

  Rossi, S ^a   Di Stasi, M ^a   Buscarini, E ^a   Quaretti, P ^a   Garbagnati, F ^b   Squassante, L ^c   Paties, C T ^a   Silverman, D E ^d   Buscarini, L ^a  

^a Hospital of Piacenza   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c GSK   (Italy)

^d ZoMed International   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; LIVER METASTASIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029745063     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.167.3.8751696     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. Tiribelli C, Melato M, Crocé LS, Giarelli L, Okuda K, Ohnishi K. Prevalence of hepatocellular carcinoma and relation to cirrhosis: comparison of two different cities of the world - Trieste, Italy, and Chiba, Japan. Hepatology 1989;10:998-1002
2. Arii S, Tanaka J, Yamazoe Y, et al. Predictive factors for intrahepatic recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma after partial hepatectomy. Cancer 1992;69:913-919
3. Steele G Jr, Ravikumar TS. Resection of hepatic metastases from colorectal cancer: biologic perspectives. Ann Surg 1989;210:127-138
4. Scheele J, Stangl R, Altendorf-Hofmann A. Hepatic metastases from colorectal carcinoma: impact of surgical resection on the natural history. Br J Surg 1990;77:1241-1246
5. Livraghi T, Festi D, Monti F, Salmi A, Vettori C. US-guided percutaneous alcohol injection of small hepatic and abdominal tumours. Radiology 1986;161:309-312
6. Amin Z, Donald JJ, Masters A, et al. Hepatic metastases: interstitial laser photocoagulation with real-time US monitoring and dynamic CT evaluation of treatment. Radiology 1993;187:339-347
7. Nolsoe CP, Torp-Pedersen S, Burcharth F, et al. Interstitial hypothermia of colorectal liver metastases with a US-guided Nd-YAG laser with a diffuser tip: pilot clinical study. Radiology 1993;187:333-337
8. Vogl TJ, Muller PK, Hammerstingl R, et al. Malignant liver tumor treated with MR imaging-guided laser-induced thermotherapy: technique and prospective results. Radiology 1995;196:257-265
9. Buscarini L, Fornari F, Rossi S. Interstitial radio-frequency hypothermia in the treatment of small hepatocellular carcinoma: percutaneous US-guidance of electrode needle. In: Anderegg A, Despland PA, Otto R, Henner H, eds. Ultraschall-diagnostik 91, Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1992:218-222
10. Rossi S, Fornari F, Buscarini L. Percutaneous ultrasound-guided radiofrequency electrocautery for the treatment of small hepatocellular carcinoma. J Intervent Radiol 1993;8:97-103
11. Rossi S, Di Stasi M, Buscarini E, et al. Percutaneous radiofrequency interstitial thermal ablation in the treatment of small hepatocellular carcinoma. Caner J Sci Am 1995;1:73-81
12. Seki T, Wakabayashi M, Nakagawa T, et al. Ultrasonically guided percutaneous microwave coagulation therapy for small hepatocellular carcinoma. Cancer 1994;74:817-825
13. Murakami R, Yoshimatsu S, Yamashita T, Matsukawa T, Takahashi M, Sagara K. Treatment of small hepatocellular carcinoma: value of percutaneous microwave coagulation. AJR 1995;164:1159-1164
14. Chang RJ, Stevenson WG, Saxon LA, Parker J. Increasing catheter ablation lesion size by simultaneous application of radiofrequency current to two adjacent sites. Am Heart J 1993;125:1276-1284
15. Lafortune M, Madore F, Patriquin H, Breton G. Segmental anatomy of the liver: a sonographic approach to the Couinaud nomenclature. Radiology 1991;181:443-448
16. Pugh RNH, Murray-Lyon IM, Dawson JL, Pietroni MC, Williams R. Transection of the oesophagus for bleeding oesophageal varices. Br J Surg 1973;60:646-649
17. Rossi S, Fornari F, Paties C, Buscarini L. Thermal lesions induced by 480 KHz localized current field in guinea pig and in pig livers. Tumori 1990;76:54-57
18. Friedman LM, Furderg CD, DeMets DL. Survival analysis. In: Wright J, ed. Fundamentals of clinical trials. Boston: PSG, 1982:174-194
19. Dachman AH, McGehee JA, Beam TE, Burris JA, Powell DA. US-guided percutaneous laser ablation of liver tissue in a chronic pig model. Radiology 1990;176:129-133
20. Takayasu K, Moriyama N, Muramatsu Y, et al. Hepatic arterial embolization for hepatocellular carcinoma: comparison of CT scan and resected specimens. Radiology 1984;150:661-665
21. Ebara M, Kita K, Sugiura N, et al. Therapeutic effects of percutaneous ethanol injection on small hepatocellular carcinoma: evaluation with CT. Radiology 1995;195:371-377
22. Sironi S, Livraghi T, Delmaschio A. Small hepatocellular carcinoma treated with percutaneous ethanol injection: MR imaging findings. Radiology 1991;180:333-336
23. Lencioni R, Caramella D, Bartolozzi C. Hepatocellular carcinoma: use of color Doppler US to evaluate response to treatment with percutaneous ethanol injection. Radiology 1995;194:113-118
24. Shiina S, Niwa Y, Omata M. Percutaneous ethanol injection therapy for liver neoplasms. Semin Intervent Radiol 1993;10:57-68
25. Livraghi T, Vettori C, Lazaroni S. Liver metastases: results of percutaneous ethanol injection in 14 patients. Radiology 1991;179:709-712
26. Takayasu K, Moriyama N, Muramatsu Y, et al. The diagnosis of small hepatocellular carcinomas: efficacy of various imaging procedures in 100 patients. AJR 1990;155:49-54
27. Miller WJ, Federle MP, Campbell WL. Diagnosis and staging of hepatocellular carcinoma: comparison of CT and sonography in 36 liver transplantation patients. AJR 1991;157:303-306
28. The Liver Cancer Study Group of Japan. Predictive factors for long-term prognosis after partial hepatectomy for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma in Japan. Cancer 1994;74:2772-2780
29. Ebara M, Ohio M, Sugiura N, et al. Percutaneous ethanol injection for the treatment of small hepatocellular carcinoma: study of 95 patients. J Gastroenterol Hepatol 1990;5:616-626
30. Livraghi T, Giorgio A, Marin G, et al. Hepatocellular carcinoma and cirrhosis in 746 patients: long-term results of percutaneous ethanol injection. Radiology 1995;197:101-108
31. Buscarini L, Rossi S, Fornari F, Di Stasi M, Buscarini E. Laparoscopic ablation of liver adenoma by radiofrequency electrocautery. Gastrointest Endosc 1995;41:68-70
32. McGahan JP, Browning PD, Brock JM, Tesluk H. Hepatic ablation using radiofrequency electrocautery. Invest Radiol 1990;25:267-270