New therapy for liver cancer ablation: Penetrating the body with an electrode needle...

Liver cancer ablation using electrode needles to pierce the body can effectively prevent recurrence without open surgery

In Japan, 25,000 people die of liver cancer every year

A needle-like electrode is pierced from above the skin, and the lesion is burned away by the heat of the electromagnetic waves

Reduced burden on 'equivalent to excision' patients

The Liver Tumor Local Treatment Center opened at Masuko Memorial Hospital (Nakamura Ward, Nagoya) in November last year.

In mid-February, a man in his 70s who was being treated became ill about 10 years ago

On this day, the goal is to find a 2 cm diameter tumor near the back

After receiving local anesthesia, he incised several millimeters of skin, pierced electrodes with a diameter of 1.

The next day, a CT scan confirmed that the tumor had died

Burn therapy started in Japan in the 1990s

17 years later, which burns bigger than traditional microwave ovens, the new generation of microwave ovens introduced by the hospital has also been applied

According to Shiina Shuchiro Shiina (65), a professor of imaging diagnosis and therapy at Suncheon University School of Medicine, who is familiar with ablation therapy, more than 1,400 hospitals across the country are currently implementing ablation therapy

According to national cancer statistics, 40,000 people suffer from liver cancer every year, and the 5-year survival rate is 35%

Results of more than five years of observation of 308 patients treated in 49 hospitals across the country from 2009 to 2015 were published in 2011

They found no significant difference in survival and recurrence-free survival

On the other hand, there are also some problems

If liver cancer is detected early, there are many treatment options, including ablation, that can achieve good results