A Unique Case of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treated with Radiofrequency Ablation with More than 12 Years Overall Survival: A Case Report

The case of a 72-year-old male patient with HCC is presented in whom percutaneous RFA was used as the sole first-line anticancer treatment, since he denied having partial hepatectomy. The patient underwent RFA two more times, at 1.5 years for treating a local tumor progression at the initial ablatio...

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Main Authors: Loukas Thanos, Nikolaos Ptohis, Anastasia Pomoni, Evangelia Sotiropoulou, Mary Pomoni, Dimitrios Kelekis
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2010-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/151846
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description The case of a 72-year-old male patient with HCC is presented in whom percutaneous RFA was used as the sole first-line anticancer treatment, since he denied having partial hepatectomy. The patient underwent RFA two more times, at 1.5 years for treating a local tumor progression at the initial ablation site and at 11 years after the first session for treating a new remote intrahepatic recurrence. He revealed a long-term survival of more than 12 years so far and still remains in excellent clinical status.
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spelling doaj-art-18bc0367ca2d4fbca8e4f89f320cb4d22025-08-20T03:54:12ZengWileyCase Reports in Medicine1687-96271687-96352010-01-01201010.1155/2010/151846151846A Unique Case of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treated with Radiofrequency Ablation with More than 12 Years Overall Survival: A Case ReportLoukas Thanos0Nikolaos Ptohis1Anastasia Pomoni2Evangelia Sotiropoulou3Mary Pomoni4Dimitrios Kelekis5Department of Computed Tomography and Interventional Radiology, “Sotiria” General Hospital of Chest Diseases, Mesogion Avenue 152, 11527 Athens, GreeceResearch Centre of Radiology and Imaging, “Evgenidion” General Hospital, Papadiamantopoulou Street 20, 11528 Athens, GreeceResearch Centre of Radiology and Imaging, “Evgenidion” General Hospital, Papadiamantopoulou Street 20, 11528 Athens, GreeceDepartment of Computed Tomography and Interventional Radiology, “Sotiria” General Hospital of Chest Diseases, Mesogion Avenue 152, 11527 Athens, GreeceResearch Centre of Radiology and Imaging, “Evgenidion” General Hospital, Papadiamantopoulou Street 20, 11528 Athens, GreeceResearch Centre of Radiology and Imaging, “Evgenidion” General Hospital, Papadiamantopoulou Street 20, 11528 Athens, GreeceThe case of a 72-year-old male patient with HCC is presented in whom percutaneous RFA was used as the sole first-line anticancer treatment, since he denied having partial hepatectomy. The patient underwent RFA two more times, at 1.5 years for treating a local tumor progression at the initial ablation site and at 11 years after the first session for treating a new remote intrahepatic recurrence. He revealed a long-term survival of more than 12 years so far and still remains in excellent clinical status.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/151846
spellingShingle Loukas Thanos
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Anastasia Pomoni
Evangelia Sotiropoulou
Mary Pomoni
Dimitrios Kelekis
A Unique Case of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treated with Radiofrequency Ablation with More than 12 Years Overall Survival: A Case Report
Case Reports in Medicine
title A Unique Case of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treated with Radiofrequency Ablation with More than 12 Years Overall Survival: A Case Report
title_full A Unique Case of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treated with Radiofrequency Ablation with More than 12 Years Overall Survival: A Case Report
title_fullStr A Unique Case of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treated with Radiofrequency Ablation with More than 12 Years Overall Survival: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed A Unique Case of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treated with Radiofrequency Ablation with More than 12 Years Overall Survival: A Case Report
title_short A Unique Case of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treated with Radiofrequency Ablation with More than 12 Years Overall Survival: A Case Report
title_sort unique case of hepatocellular carcinoma treated with radiofrequency ablation with more than 12 years overall survival a case report
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/151846
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