TY - JOUR
T1 - Critical review of multidisciplinary non-surgical local interventional ablation techniques in primary or secondary liver malignancies
AU - Kovács, Attila
AU - Iezzi, Roberto
AU - Cellini, Francesco
AU - Lancellotta, Valentina
AU - Bischoff, Peter
AU - Carchesio, Francesca
AU - Tagliaferri, Luca
AU - Kovács, György
AU - Gambacorta, Maria Antonietta
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Local non-surgical interventional percutaneous ablation represents nowadays an important part of the potential treatment strategies. Although surgical ablation represents the gold standard, in the past decade there was an expansion in the use of non-surgical ablative techniques: Radiofrequency, microwave, laser, cryoablation, irreversible electroporation, and interventional radiotherapy (brachytherapy) in primary as well as secondary liver cancers. With the growing experience in the field, there was implemented a new pillar for cancer treatment, together with surgery, chemotherapy as well as radiotherapy, so-called interventional oncology (IO). To date, there are no published papers regarding a comparative interdisciplinary evaluation of all these non-surgical interventional local ablation therapies. Our paper offers a critical interdisciplinary overview of the treatments in both primary and secondary liver tumors, including from a cost-effective point of view. Furthermore, the present status of education in IO and a comparison of actual economic aspects of the treatments are also provided.
AB - Local non-surgical interventional percutaneous ablation represents nowadays an important part of the potential treatment strategies. Although surgical ablation represents the gold standard, in the past decade there was an expansion in the use of non-surgical ablative techniques: Radiofrequency, microwave, laser, cryoablation, irreversible electroporation, and interventional radiotherapy (brachytherapy) in primary as well as secondary liver cancers. With the growing experience in the field, there was implemented a new pillar for cancer treatment, together with surgery, chemotherapy as well as radiotherapy, so-called interventional oncology (IO). To date, there are no published papers regarding a comparative interdisciplinary evaluation of all these non-surgical interventional local ablation therapies. Our paper offers a critical interdisciplinary overview of the treatments in both primary and secondary liver tumors, including from a cost-effective point of view. Furthermore, the present status of education in IO and a comparison of actual economic aspects of the treatments are also provided.
KW - Education
KW - Interventional oncology treatment costs
KW - Liver brachytherapy
KW - Liver percutaneous ablation
KW - Education
KW - Interventional oncology treatment costs
KW - Liver brachytherapy
KW - Liver percutaneous ablation
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/149239
UR - https://www.termedia.pl/critical-review-of-multidisciplinary-non-surgical-local-interventional-ablation-techniques-in-primary-or-secondary-liver-malignancies,54,38866,1,1.html
U2 - 10.5114/jcb.2019.90466
DO - 10.5114/jcb.2019.90466
M3 - Article
SN - 1689-832X
VL - 11
SP - 589
EP - 600
JO - Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy
JF - Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy
ER -