The findings, titled “PD-1 Blockade Boosts Radiofrequency Ablation–Elicited Adaptive Immune Responses against Tumor,“ were published in Clinical Cancer Research , a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.
Colorectal cancer is a disease causing abnormal growth of cells found in the lining of the colon or rectum, largely as a result of genetic mutations. The spread of the tumor cells to other parts of the body, mostly to the liver, is called metastasis of colorectal cancer.
“Liver is the most common site of colorectal cancer metastasis, and about 20 percent of colorectal cancer patients have liver metastases at the time of diagnosis [synchronous liver metastases],” Binfeng Lu, Ph.D., an associate professor in the Department of Immunology at the University of Pittsburgh, said in a press release.
After colorectal cancer patients are diagnosed with liver metastasis, the best alternative treatment to surgery is RFA, especially for patients with smaller size liver nodules. The procedure uses imaging guidance to position a needle electrode through the skin into the liver tumor, where medium frequency alternating currents (350–500 kHz) pass through the electrode to induce heat that destroys tumor cells. However, RFA has little effect in stopping cancer from progressing, so researchers have investigated the immune-suppressive mechanisms limiting the efficiency of RFA.
Read the full article here: https://coloncancernewstoday.com/2016/03/28/adding-immunotherapy-to-rfa-may-benefit-colorectal-cancer-patients-with-liver-metastasis/
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