Liver Cancer Treatment and Surgery

Mount Sinai is currently the leading referral center in the United States for primary liver cancer. Liver cancer may start in the liver (hepatocellular carcinoma and cholangiocarcinoma) or spread there from other sites, most often from the colon or rectum. We offer a multidisciplinary liver cancer program that unites distinguished specialists in medical liver disease, cancer treatment, and surgery. This state-of-the-art treatment center has experience successfully managing highly complex advanced liver disease with a full range of therapies.

• Partial hepatectomy: The surgeon removes the part of the liver that contains the abnormal mass, as well as a small amount of healthy tissue. The remaining liver grows and functions as a whole organ. Many liver resections at Mount Sinai are performed laparoscopically.
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• Radiofrequency ablation: This technique uses a special probe with tiny electrodes that burn the cancer in the liver to destroy it. This procedure eliminates the need for surgery, and can often be done without any incision.
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• Transarterial chemo-embolization: Surgeons gain access to the patient's arterial system via the groin. They then advance a catheter inside the blood vessels until the artery supplying the liver and, more specifically, the one supplying the tumor are located. Medication and particles are given directly into the blood vessel that supplies the tumor in order to destroy it and control its growth.