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. 2021 Nov 25;13(23):5938. doi: 10.3390/cancers13235938

Table 1.

Types of non-surgical local treatments in liver metastases of colorectal cancer.

Local Treatments
Thermal Radiofrequency ablation (RFA)
Microwave ablation (MWA)
Cryoablation
Laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) *
High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) *
Non-thermal Radiotherapy (SBRT)
Irreversible electroporation (IRE) *
Loco-Regional Treatments
Embolization Bland particulate embolization *
Chemoinfusion or hepatic artery infusion
Transarterial chemoembolization
Radioembolization

* Laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT), high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) and bland particulate embolization have not been used in large scale for LMCRC.