Locally ablative non-surgical management of colo-rectal liver metastasis

Liver is one of the commonest sites of metastasis in colorectal cancer patients. Solitary liver metastasis or oligometastasis are traditionally treated by surgical resection or chemotherapy.

There may be a subgroup of these patients who are not suitable for surgery or chemotherapy due to various co-morbid factors. These patients can be treated by novel minimally invasive or noninvasive ablative techniques like interstitial brachytherapy, extracranial stereotactic radiotherapy, and radiofrequency ablation.