The Liver Cancer Center of Ohio

The Liver Cancer Center of Ohio – a Premier Health Cancer Care service managed and staffed by Premier Surgical Oncology – gives you the surgical and interventional oncology specialists and resources you need to fight liver cancer.

Our team understands the complexities of this disease, including how a large number of liver cancers aren’t discovered until an advanced stage. That’s why we bring together surgical and interventional oncology specialists to collaborate and tackle each individual case so we can design the best possible treatment options for you.

You can count on our highly coordinated, collaborative, comprehensive care throughout your liver cancer journey.

Our Unique Coordinated Care Approach

From the moment you contact us, we mobilize to bring you convenient, effective, personalized care.

We coordinate all surgical and interventional oncology specialists you need in your fight against liver cancer. In fact, you’ll consult with both a surgeon and interventional radiologist during a single office visit.

We stay connected with you throughout your treatment and continue to personalize therapy to address your unique liver cancer.

Our multidisciplinary approach with surgical and interventional oncology makes us the only program in Ohio – and one of only a few in the country – to combat liver cancer in this way.

Our Collaborative Team

At The Liver Cancer Center of Ohio, you have a whole team behind you, providing the care and compassion you need and deserve, including surgical oncologists.

We work closely with interventional radiologists, oncologists, gastroenterologists, primary care physicians and other care providers throughout your cancer journey.

Multidisciplinary Care Benefits

We coordinate multiple specialists who focus and collaborate on your liver cancer treatment. Team-based care provides patients with these benefits:

Convenience and expertise all in one center
Collaborative physicians who provide expedited care and treatment
Patient-centered approach for high-quality care
Access innovative, comprehensive care
Efficient, less fragmented care for an improved patient experience

Comprehensive Liver Cancer Treatment

Our physicians specialize in a variety of surgical and interventional procedures to treat liver cancer. Drawing on our extensive experience and using advanced medical tools and facilities, we perform:

Surgery

Robotic liver surgery
Laparoscopic and open liver resections
Staged or redo liver resections

Histotripsy using the Edison^® Histotripsy System

Premier Health is proud to be one of the first health systems in Ohio to be able to use this system to treat liver tumors.

Histotripsy is a cutting-edge, non-invasive form of ultrasound that utilizes pulsed sound waves to create “bubble clouds” from gases naturally found in targeted tissue. These clouds produce powerful forces that can effectively break down liver tumors in a single procedure.

This innovative option allows our team to treat tumors that would be difficult to remove surgically or to combine with other liver treatment options to give patients the best outcomes possible.

Refer a Patient

In Epic: CON3055 listed as Premier Surgical Oncology

External:

Complete the PNN Specialty Referral Form.
Under the Surgery section, select Surgical Oncology and include Histotripsy as the reason for referral.
Fax the completed and signed referral form to (937) 341-8991.

Ablation Therapy

Ablation therapy that can kill tumor cells without removing the liver. With these techniques, physicians can access complex, hard-to-reach areas using traditional or laparoscopic surgery or CT guidance. Ablation may be recommended for patients who are not good surgical candidates.

Microwave ablation uses heat generated by microwaves to kill a tumor that’s not removable or when removal would damage liver function. Microwaves are more predictable in heat generation and faster to use than radiofrequency.
Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) treats tumors by heating and destroying cancer cells. In use for more than 20 years, RFA is the original heat ablation technique.
Irreversible electroporation (NanoKnife^®) uses localized electric currents to destroy cancer cells. This technique can be used in many soft tissue locations, especially when heat techniques cannot be.

Embolization

Hepatic artery (HA) chemoembolization: Chemotherapy is put directly into the hepatic artery via a catheter. Then the artery is plugged so the chemotherapy can stay close to the tumor.
HA yttrium-90 microsphere radioembolization: Small beads that have a radioactive isotope (yttrium-90) attached to them are injected into the hepatic artery. Once infused, the beads lodge in the blood vessels near the tumor, where they give off small amounts of radiation to the tumor site for several days.
Pre-liver resection portal vein embolization