Chinese expert consensus on MRI-guided thermal ablation for liver tumors (2025 edition).
10.3760/cma.j.cn112138-20250627-00369
- Collective Name:Society of Tumor Ablation Therapy of the Chinese Anti-Cancer Association;Ablation Expert Committee of the Chinese Society of Clinical Oncology;Tumor Ablation Subgroup of National Health Commission Comprehensive Interventional Therapy Quality Control Center;Expert Group on Tumor Ablation Therapy of the Chinese Medical Doctors Association;Tumor Ablation Committee of the Chinese College of Interventionalists
- Publication Type:Consensus Development Conference
- MeSH:
Humans;
Liver Neoplasms/surgery*;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
Consensus;
China;
Catheter Ablation/methods*;
Ablation Techniques/methods*;
Surgery, Computer-Assisted
- From:
Chinese Journal of Internal Medicine
2025;64(11):1084-1095
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Image-guided thermal ablation (IGTA) has been widely used in the treatment of liver tumors. MRI-guided thermal ablation of liver tumors offers several advantages, including the absence of ionizing radiation; excellent soft-tissue contrast; multi-parametric and multiplanar imaging; non-invasive, real-time temperature monitoring of the thermal field during the procedure; and accurate post-procedural assessment of therapeutic efficacy. To standardize and promote MRI-guided thermal ablation for liver tumors in China, advance the technological development of IGTA for tumor treatment, and enhance the efficacy of "precision ablation" for hepatic tumors, this expert consensus (2025 edition) was collaboratively developed by national experts from multiple societies and committees through multidisciplinary discussions. The contributing groups included the Society of Tumor Ablation Therapy of the Chinese Anti-Cancer Association, the Ablation Expert Committee of the Chinese Society of Clinical Oncology (CSCO), the Tumor Ablation Subgroup of the National Health Commission Comprehensive Interventional Therapy Quality Control Center, the Expert Group on Tumor Ablation Therapy of the Chinese Medical Doctors Association, and the Tumor Ablation Committee of the Chinese College of Interventionalists. The main contents of the consensus include: (1) indications, contraindications, and characteristics of MRI-guided thermal ablation for liver tumors; (2) MRI magnets, guidance sequences, and MRI-compatible thermal ablation equipment and instruments; and (3) protocols for MRI-guided thermal ablation of liver tumors, efficacy assessment, and the prevention and management of complications.
