Sacrum colon-rectal cancer metastasis: microwave ablation for palliative pain treatment

Recenti Prog Med. 2016 Dec;107(12):673-676. doi: 10.1701/2502.26238.

Abstract

Local treatment of bone metastasis (BM) remains controversial in colon-rectum carcinoma for pain control. A patient developed a sacrum BM 4years after a left colectomy for an adenocarcinoma. Metastasis was treated in one session of CT-guided microwave ablation showing good pain control immediately after and on follow-up at four months.

MeSH terms

  • Cancer Pain
  • Colonic Neoplasms
  • Humans
  • Microwaves
  • Rectal Neoplasms*
  • Sacrum
  • Treatment Outcome