Chinese Journal of Interventional Imaging and Therapy 2017;14(9):571-575

doi:10.13929/j.1672-8475.201704005

Clinical application of radiofrequency ablation in gastric cancer liver metastasis

Binbin JIANG ; Kun YAN ; Shanshan YIN

Keywords

Stomach neoplasms; Neoplasms metastasis; Liver; Radiofrequency ablation

Country

China

Language

Chinese

Abstract

Liver metastasis is the advanced stage of gastric cancer,which is a leading cause of death.Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is an alternative method of comprehensive treatment in patients with gastric cancer liver metastasis due to its advantages of safety,minimal invasion and repetition.The efficacy of RFA alone,the efficacy of the combined treatment of RFA with other therapies and prognostic factors of RFA in gastric cancer liver metastasis were reviewed in this article.