Keywords:
Abdomen, Liver, Radiographers, MR-Diffusion/Perfusion, MR, Surgery, Ablation procedures, Efficacy studies, Cancer, Metastases
Authors:
V. Vdovenko, N. A. Karelskaya, G. Karmazanovsky, Y. Galchina, D. Ionkin, A. Chzhao; Moscow/RU
DOI:
10.26044/ecr2019/C-2000
Aims and objectives
According to WHO,
cancer is one of the main causes of morbidity and mortality in the world [1].
Liver malignancies are the sixth most common form of cancer in men and women,
ranking second among the causes of death from malignant neoplasms in the world.
The main contribution to this pathology is made by South-East Asia and southern Africa countries,
where liver malignancies make up more than 40% in the structure of cancer incidence [2].
The use of cryodestruction as an alternative method of treatment of focal liver lesions began in the 70-ies of the last century,
when Stucke proved the possibility of cryosurgical interventions in alveococcal liver [3].
Aims and objectives to assess changes in liver parenchyma in the early,
late and remote postoperative periods after cryodestruction (CD) of focal liver lesions by MRI with diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI).