China Oncology ›› 2013, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (12): 1007-1013.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1007-3969.2013.12.013

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The role of local therapy in liver oligometastases of breast cancer

ZHANG Li,GUO Xiao-mao   

  1. Department of Radiation Oncology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
  • Online:2013-12-30 Published:2014-02-17
  • Contact: GUO Xiao-mao E-mail: guoxm1800@126.com

Abstract:

 The liver is one of the most common metastatic sites in patients with breast cancer. Systemic therapy is the standard treatment for breast cancer with liver metastasis, but the results are far from satisfaction. A distinctive subset of metastatic breast cancer is oligometastatic disease. Local therapy including metastasectomy, radiofrequency ablation and radiation therapy combined with systemic therapy can provide survival benefit. This review introduced the latest research results of local therapy in liver oligometastases of breast cancer.

Key words: Breast cancer liver metastases, Oligometastases, Local therapy, Hepatic metastasectomy, Radiofrequency ablation, Stereotactic body radiation therapy