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Treatment of Liver Metastases Using an Internal Target Volume Method for Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy
Published on: May 8, 2018
Locoregional Therapies for Primary and Secondary Hepatic Malignancies
Muhamad Serhal1, Ahsun Riaz1, Riad Salem1
1Department of Radiology, Section of Interventional Radiology, Robert H Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
Abstract:
Management of hepatic malignancies is a multidisciplinary task with the involvement of hepatologists, medical/surgical/radiation oncologists, transplant surgeons, and interventional radiologists. Patients should be selected for a specific targeted therapy after multidisciplinary consensus. Interventional oncology, with image-guided locoregional cancer therapies, can decrease systemic toxicity without compromising tumoricidal effect.
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