The role of interventional radiology in the treatment of intrahepatic

Ali,

In August, I underwent a microwave ablation of a 1.5 cm tumor in my my liver lobe. It was operable, however, my surgeon suggested the IR ablation route to destroy it because the location was deeper in the liver than my past tumors and as such, he’d have to destroy more liver in a surgery than the IR guys doing in an ablation. So, he referred me to IR and I had a successful ablation.

Previously, I’d had a resection of a 5 cm tumor in my left lobe (original diagnosis) and then a surgery of the same area where the tumor started to regrow 22 months later. Both surgeries were laproscopic. The first was followed by 6 rounds of Gem/Cix, but obviously, that didn’t stop recurrences and I’m now battling and getting treatment for Myleodisplastic Syndrome, (MDS) basically, bone marrow failure caused by the chemo.

I’m a total believer in the ablation route to get rid of a tumor if at all possible. While there are constraints ……..they are now doing bigger tumors with ablation.

Julie

thanks for sharing