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NEW INSIGHTS IN SURGERY
Minerva Chirurgica 2011 December;66(6):561-72
Copyright © 2012 EDIZIONI MINERVA MEDICA
language: English
What is new in liver surgery? Focus on thermoablation and the relevance of the inflammatory response
De Jong K. P. ✉
Department of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
Partial liver resection is a well established treatment for patients with liver tumors. It is associated with significant morbidity and some mortality, even in high volume centers. Less invasive modalities are currently available and deserve a place in the armamentarium of liver surgeons. This review discusses the role of thermoablation as a treatment modality for liver tumors. The minimal invasive possibility of percutaneous ablation is a great advantage. The limitation of ablation is the high incidence of ablation site recurrences. The inflammatory response is associated with the initiation of cancer at sites of chronic inflammation. There is also accumulating evidence that progression of tumors is also enhanced by an ongoing inflammatory response. The common denominator probably is angiogenesis. The paper supplies data about the interrelationship between inflammation, angiogenesis and tumor growth. Ablation of liver tumors is associated with a low inflammatory response, especially if it is performed percutaneous and thus deserves to be considered in patients with liver tumors.