Does thermoablation of colorectal liver metastases promote proliferation of residual intrahepatic neoplastic cells?
RFA strongly promotes intrahepatic growth of residual neoplastic cells. On the basis of our findings, RFA should not be recommended as an alternative curative treatment to resection. Furthermore, if RFA is performed as palliative therapy, postinterventional chemotherapy may be advisable to overcome the stimulation of residual neoplastic cells by RFA.
OPCAB provides significant early mortality and morbidity advantages, especially for women. During the 10-year follow-up, OPCAB and CPB result in similar survival, regardless of gender.