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. 2023 Mar 10;9(3):66.
doi: 10.3390/jimaging9030066.

Predictive Factors of Local Recurrence after Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastases Thermal Ablation

Julien Odet  1 , Julie Pellegrinelli  2 , Olivier Varbedian  2 , Caroline Truntzer  3 , Marco Midulla  1 , François Ghiringhelli  4 , David Orry  5
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Predictive Factors of Local Recurrence after Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastases Thermal Ablation

Julien Odet et al. J Imaging. .

Abstract

Background: Identify risk factors for local recurrence (LR) after radiofrequency (RFA) and microwave (MWA) thermoablations (TA) of colorectal cancer liver metastases (CCLM).

Methods: Uni- (Pearson's Chi2 test, Fisher's exact test, Wilcoxon test) and multivariate analyses (LASSO logistic regressions) of every patient treated with MWA or RFA (percutaneously and surgically) from January 2015 to April 2021 in Centre Georges François Leclerc in Dijon, France.

Results: Fifty-four patients were treated with TA for 177 CCLM (159 surgically, 18 percutaneously). LR rate was 17.5% of treated lesions. Univariate analyses by lesion showed factors associated with LR: sizes of the lesion (OR = 1.14), size of nearby vessel (OR = 1.27), treatment of a previous TA site LR (OR = 5.03), and non-ovoid TA site shape (OR = 4.25). Multivariate analyses showed that the size of the nearby vessel (OR = 1.17) and the lesion (OR = 1.09) remained significant risk factors of LR.

Conclusions: The size of lesions to treat and vessel proximity are LR risk factors that need to be considered when making the decision of thermoablative treatments. TA of an LR on a previous TA site should be reserved to specific situations, as there is an important risk of another LR. An additional TA procedure can be discussed when TA site shape is non-ovoid on control imaging, given the risk of LR.

Keywords: colorectal cancer; liver metastases; local recurrence; microwave; radiofrequency; thermoablation.

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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(a). Axial CT-scan image at portal phase showing colorectal liver metastasis (green arrow) in segment VI. (b). Axial CT-scan image at portal phase showing technical success of thermoablation (orange arrow) with no residual tumour. (c). Axial CT-scan image at portal phase of the lowest part of thermoablation area (orange arrow). (d). Axial CT-scan image at portal phase showing local recurrence (red arrow) at the edge of the thermoablation site (orange arrow).
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