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Microwave ablation of liver tumor
MWA uses a thin needle to transmit microwaves into your liver tumor to destroy cancer cells with heat. Liver cancer is a complex and serious condition that requires expert medical care. Liver cancer is essential to remove or destroy cancer cells, prevent further growth, spread of cancer and preserve liver function.
Transarterial chemoembolization
Interventional Radiology has an important role to play in the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma that is primary liver cancer.
Small Liver tumours that is 2-3 cm in size which are detected by screening or incidentally, can be treated with image guided ablation using radiofrequency or microwave ablation technique. The response rates and survival with ablative techniques is similar to surgical resection.
Slightly larger tumours which are not candidate for surgery can be treated with a procedure called transarterial chemoembolisation.
In this procedure, the Interventional Radiologist does detailed angiography of the liver and maps the blood supply of the the tumour. With highly sophisticated microcatheter the Radiologist enter the artery supplying the tumour and injects a mixture of chemotherapeutic agent with embolic particles to block the blood supply of the tumour.
This reduces the growth rate of the tumour and can give time for definitive therapy like surgery or transplantation.
Transarterial radioembolization
Interventional Radiology has an important role to play in the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma that is primary liver cancer.
Small Liver tumours that is 2-3 cm in size which are detected by screening or incidentally, can be treated with image guided ablation using radiofrequency or microwave ablation technique. The response rates and survival with ablative techniques is similar to surgical resection.
Larger tumours which are candidate for surgery can be treated with a procedure called Transarterial radioembolisation.
Transarterial radioembolisation is based on a similar principal as that of transarterial chemoembolisation, however, in this the Radiologist injects radioactive particles of Yttrium 90 in the tumour bed. These procedures are complex and require a Multidisciplinary Team in managing this patients.
