Eugene P Ceppa, Amelia T Collings, Moustafa Abdalla, Edwin Onkendi, Daniel W Nelson, Ahmad Ozair, Emily Miraflor, Faique Rahman, Jake Whiteside, Mihir M Shah, Subhashini Ayloo, Rebecca Dirks, Sunjay S Kumar, Mohammed T Ansari, Iswanto Sucandy, Kchaou Ali, Sam Douglas, Patricio M Polanco, Timothy J Vreeland, Joseph Buell, Ahmed M Abou-Setta, Ziad Awad, Choon Hyuck Kwon, John B Martinie, Fabio Sbrana, Aurora Pryor, Bethany J Slater, William Richardson, Rohan Jeyarajah, Adnan Alseidi
BACKGROUND: Primary hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and colorectal liver metastases (CRLM) represent the liver's two most common malignant neoplasms. Liver-directed therapies such as ablation have become part of multidisciplinary therapies despite a paucity of data. Therefore, an expert panel was convened to develop evidence-based recommendations regarding the use of microwave ablation (MWA) and radiofrequency ablation (RFA) for HCC or CRLM less than 5 cm in diameter in patients ineligible for other therapies...
November 13, 2023: Surgical Endoscopy