B) metastasis operation technique
■ Which cancer patients can the TACE or MWA or RWA operation help? 1) lung cancer with liver metastasis, 2) breast cancer patient with liver metastasis or bone metastasis, 3) pancreatic cancer with liver metastasis
■ For metastasis treatment, there are already several specialized medical institutions and newly developed therapy techniques that make it possible to either surgically remove the cancerous tumors and thereby significantly extend the life of the patients. Such treatment methods include TACE techniques, MWA techniques, and RWA techniques derived from interventional radiological innovations.
○ TACE = transarterial chemoembolization / ○ MWA = microwave ablation / ○ RWA = radiofrequency ablation
■ Why is TACE surgery important for metastatic treatment? In the case of liver metastasis, which is difficult to access with surgery, the TACE operation, which is carried out in a minimally invasive manner, can help reduce the size of the metastases and then boil and smash the metastases or cancer tumors with MWA or RWA.
■ Thanks to the successful TACE, MWA or RWA, the cancer patient can gain a certain lifetime despite the metastasis. But TACE surgery is a risky surgical procedure that must be undertaken by an experienced interventional radiologist.