The use of RF thermal ablation is gaining increased popularity for the treatment of liver tumors. As a relatively new procedure there is not an extensive experience on the number of cases, type of tumors treated or outcome. For this reason we have established an international tumor registry for the evaluation of such patients. This will allow us to:

• understand the number and types of patients treated
• evaluate the efficacy and safety of this technology
• provide guidelines in an attempt to standardize the technical aspects of the procedure.
• provide data collection forms (both patient and lesion) for the input of the registry as well as serving as chart documentation as to the ablation parameters
• will allow us to recognize centers to participate in future multicenter trials
• establish communication between surgeons using RFA.
  

All patient information will be kept strictly confidential. We will update the web site with any information that becomes apparent through analysis of the database and with suggestions and comments from physicians using RFA in their practice.

Open communication between physicians using RFA will facilitate its development as a useful tool for local control of hepatic malignancies.

The first step to become a member of the Registry is to fill out the Registration Form. We will contact you and you will get a confirmed username and password. With the username and password you will be able to submit data to the registry via fax.

We have developed forms which contain relevant questions about patient and lesion data. You can print out these forms and use them during the ablation procedure and for follow up investigations. Afterwards you can fax a copy to us at (216) 445-7653 to be entered into the registry. Your username and password must be part of the fax submission in order for the data to be accepted.

Click on the approprate icon to download the forms.

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