Unexplained liver hemorrhage after metastasis radiofrequency ablation

Colorectal carcinoma is one of the most common cancers in the world. Approximately one in four of these patients have metastases at diagnosis, liver being the most common site involved. Although historically it was considered that liver metastases meant a very poor prognosis, today, due to improved systemic therapy, many patients will be candidates for local hepatic treatments such as surgery or less aggressive radiofrequency ablation. Both of these procedures have resulted in improvements in global and disease-free survival. However ,a report of unexplained liver haemorrhage after metastasis radiofrequency ablation has been published on October 28, 2009 in the World Journal of Gastroenterology.

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