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Radiofrequency thermotherapy for malignant liver tumors
Author(s) -
Nagata Yasushi,
Hiraoka Masahiro,
Akuta Keizo,
Abe Mitsuyuki,
Takahashi Masaji,
Jo Shiken,
Nishimura Yasumasa,
Masunaga Shinichirou,
Fukuda Masahiro,
Imura Hiroo
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(19900415)65:8<1730::aid-cncr2820650812>3.0.co;2-d
Subject(s) - medicine , hyperthermia , hepatocellular carcinoma , radiology , pathology
Inoperable malignant liver tumors have been treated by radiofrequency hyperthermia at Kyoto University Hospital since 1983. In this study, clinical hyperthermia for malignant liver tumor was evaluated for 67 tumors in which we could measure intratumor temperatures. Of the 67 tumors, 41 were hepatocellular carcinomas (HCC), six cholangiocarcinomas, and 20 metastatic tumors. Cholangiocarcinoma and metastatic tumors were more susceptible to this treatment than HCC. Of the three types of HCC, higher intratumor temperatures were achieved in the diffuse type than in the nodular or massive types. The minimum tumor temperature of HCC stayed below 40°C in 46% of cases, especially in larger tumors. The local response rates (complete remission plus partial remission/all) were 28% and 11% for HCC and non‐HCC, respectively, for thermochemotherapy; 86% and 33%, for thermoradiotherapy; and 33% and 89%, for thermotherapy with embolization. No apparent relationship was observed between the intratumor temperatures and local response rate.