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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Oct 4.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Probl Surg. 2018 Oct 4;55(9):330–379. doi: 10.1067/j.cpsurg.2018.08.004

Table 1.

Forms of Liver Directed Therapies.

Potentially Curative Therapies Palliative Therapies

  • Partial hepatectomy

  • Needle Thermo-ablation
    • Radiofrequency ablation
    • Microwave ablation
    • Irreversible electroporation
  • External beam radiation
    • Intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT)
    • Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT)
    • Proton beam therapy

  • Radioembolization

  • Chemoembolization

  • Regional chemotherapy
    • Infusional chemotherapy
    • Perfusional chemotherapy