Postby Jack&KatiesMommy » Mon Jan 14, 2019 2:49 pm
One of my liver mets was very very near a major artery. My sugeon at MSKCC would not even consider a liver resection until that met was taken care of (as it was on an artery and he could not resect it.) My wonderful Interventional Radiologist at MSKCC did a procedure called irreversible electroporation on the tumor in February 2013. It worked and has never come back. (It works near arteries when other ablation methods will not because the blood in the artery keeps the tumor from getting hot enough via the other methods. This method doesn't require heat to kill the tumor and is often effective when other ablation methods are not.)
Irreversible Electroporation for Treatment of Liver Cancer
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › … › v.7(5); 2011 May
Irreversible Electroporation for Treatment of Liver Cancer. Using this technology, a cell is subjected to a powerful electrical field using high-voltage direct current (up to 3 kV); this creates multiple holes in the cell membrane and irreversibly damages the cell's homeostasis mechanism, leading to instant cell death.
Cynthia
Mommy to Jack (8) now (18) and Katie (4) now (14)
(My Most Precious Things)
Dx 8/11 Stage IV CRC (liver mets) CEA 2,600+
9/11 Folfiri 2/12: Failed Liver Resection
5/12 HAI pump/removed primary
4/13 Liver Resection
8/13-12/15 (10) RFAs lungs
5/17: Upper Left Lobe of lung resected.
02/18: 3 new lymph mets lung
05/18: Keytruda (MSS w/Intermediate TMB): NED CEA: 66.4, 39.2, 23.8, 13, 3.5 1.8, 1.0, 2.8 3.9, 5.0, 5.6, 1.5, .8,