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Role of Radiotherapy in Liver Tumors: Recent Update Cover

Role of Radiotherapy in Liver Tumors: Recent Update

Open Access
|May 2025

Abstract

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common primary tumor with an increased risk of mortality and morbidity. Treatment for HCC varies based on the progressivity of disease. Radiotherapy such as stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) plays an important role in the treatment of HCC. The role of radiotherapy used to be very limited to liver tumors, but recently, radiotherapy with SBRT technique has shown very promising results, both in primary liver cancer and liver metastasis. This review shows the role of radiotherapy in HCC for every stage of HCC (monotherapy, combined or bridging therapy). In liver metastasis cases, radiotherapy shows an excellent, similar, and better local control when compared with radiofrequency ablation (depending on tumor status).

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fco-2024-0006 | Journal eISSN: 1792-362X | Journal ISSN: 1792-345X
Language: English
Page range: 61 - 67
Submitted on: Mar 13, 2024
Accepted on: Feb 5, 2025
Published on: May 18, 2025
Published by: Helenic Society of Medical Oncology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

© 2025 Vito Filbert Jayalie, Merinda, Herryanto Lumbantobing, Sudibio, Julius Oentario, Hendriyo, Sry Suryani Widjaja, published by Helenic Society of Medical Oncology
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