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A trial comparing surgery with ablation treatment for people with bowel cancer spread to the liver (LAVA)

Overview

Cancer types:

Bowel (colorectal) cancer, Cancer spread to the liver, Colon cancer, Rectal cancer, Secondary cancers

Status:

Results

Phase:

Pilot

Details

This trial was for people with in the liver that could be removed with surgery or a treatment using heat to kill the cancer cells.

The heat treatment is called thermal ablation and includes or treatment.

Recruitment start: 30 November 2016

Recruitment end: 11 April 2018

How to join

Please note: In order to you will need to discuss it with your doctor, unless otherwise specified.

Chief investigators

Professor Brian Davidson

Supported by

National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)

University College London (UCL)

University of Leeds

Last reviewed: 14 Dec 2023

CRUK internal database number: 14105

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