Microwave ablation (MWA) for the treatment of a solitary, chemorefractory testicular cancer liver metastasis. uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • We present a case of a patient with stage IIIC metastatic seminoma with a persistent chemorefractory liver lesion. The patient was deemed a poor surgical candidate due to the tumor's aggressive biology with numerous other liver lesions treated with chemotherapy and a relatively high probability for additional recurrences. Further chemotherapy with curative intent was not a feasible option due to the fact that the patient had already received second-line high-dose chemotherapy and four cycles of third-line treatment complicated by renal failure, refractory thrombocytopenia, and debilitating neuropathy. After initial failure of laser, microwave ablation of the chemorefractory liver metastasis resulted in prolonged local tumor control and rendered the patient disease-free for more than 35 months, allowing him to regain an improved quality of life.

publication date

  • June 18, 2014

Research

keywords

  • Catheter Ablation
  • Liver Neoplasms
  • Seminoma
  • Testicular Neoplasms

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC9375177

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 84939880601

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1007/s00270-014-0924-z

PubMed ID

  • 24938904

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 38

issue

  • 2