magic Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Hello, Haven't been on here for a while but my friend was diagnosed over a year ago with NSCL lung cancer. It went to spine and liver and she's had 2 courses of chemo plus went on tarceva but it hasn't worked. Now she's on another, stronger douse of chemo. Was given a name and told to research radiofrequency thermal ablation -apparently it blasts the liver cancer into submission. Does anyone know anything about it? If it's effective? How widely known it is? Other than this one report I've had, I know nothing! Thanks, xxxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dchurchi Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 I did find an article on this last year. Dr. was considering using it on a possible tumor we thought Alan had last year. I will check my files and try and find the web site I found it on. I will PM you tomorrow with what I find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyW Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 This is relatively new type of treatment but has shown Promising results so far in general in extending A Patients life Results here OBJECTIVES: Radiofrequency ablation of lung tumors is an emerging technique with promising results. To achieve more information on its effects on pulmonary parenchyma and primary tumors, and to assess its efficacy in determining complete necrosis of the lesion, we led a pilot study consisting of thermal ablation followed by surgical resection. METHODS: Ten patients with early stage non–small cell lung cancer were enrolled in the study. In 5 patients radiofrequency ablation was achieved through thoracotomy just before the surgical resection. In another 5 patients radiofrequency ablation was performed percutaneously, under computed tomography guidance, and the surgical resection was performed after 15 days. RESULTS: Nine of the 10 patients enrolled in the study were available for analysis. There were 8 men and 1 woman with a mean age of 65.5 years. In all cases histologic diagnosis was available before radiofrequency ablation; adenocarcinoma was identified in 5 patients, and squamous cell carcinoma was identified in 4 patients. Microscopic examination showed complete necrosis of the tumor in 6 of 9 cases. No anatomopathologic alterations were seen in surrounding distant parenchyma. CONCLUSIONS: Our study confirms the safety of radiofrequency ablation, particularly underlining the possibility of performing a thermal lesion in the lung in a controlled manner. It also assesses that radiofrequency ablation may be effective in the local control of primary lung cancer. However, surgery still represents the mainstay of treatment of non–small cell lung cancer, and radiofrequency ablation must be reserved for high-risk patients. More info Linked here, Click on link http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content/full/183/3/599 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Radio Frequency Ablation I believe was first used on primary liver cancer. Your friend actually has secondary liver cancer or liver metastasis. Usually RFA will not be done on mets. Maybe if there only a few mets in the liver, then it would be rarely possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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