Treatment eases liver cancer

Queen's offers a new procedure that can extend a patient's life

By Kristen Consillio

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jun 25, 2012

~~<p>Patients with incurable liver cancer may be able to prolong their lives with a surgical radiation procedure recently started in Hawaii, which has the nation's highest incidence of liver cancer.</p>
<p>The minimally invasive surgery, once available only at large mainland academic medical centers, was begun several months ago at the Queen's Medical Center.</p>
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Patients with incurable liver cancer may be able to prolong their lives with a surgical radiation procedure recently started in Hawaii, which has the nation's highest incidence of liver cancer.

The minimally invasive surgery, once available only at large mainland academic medical centers, was begun several months ago at the Queen's Medical Center. Login for more...