Liver Cancer

Tumor Cells Spread By Technique Used To Destroy Them

Published in Cancer Weekly, July 3rd, 2001

by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - The authors of a study prepared in Spain suggest the very therapy meant to treat patients with advanced liver cancer may in fact cause cells from their tumors to spread.

The therapy, known as percutaneous radiofrequency ablation, uses a guided needle to apply energy to the inner core of tumors heating and destroying the cancer cells. Physicians sometimes use the treatment on patients with inoperable primary liver cancers who may be awaiting donor livers to become available for transplantation.

Josep M. Llovet, University of Barcelona, and other investigators associated with the Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2001-07-03)

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