ArticleHPB : the official journal of the International Hepato Pancreato Biliary Association2013
Recurrence after microwave ablation of liver malignancies: a single institution experience.
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- Development and Validation of an Interpretable Machine Learning Model for Predicting Tumor Recurrence After Microwave Ablation in Small Hepatocellular Carcinoma.Journal of hepatocellular carcinoma · 2026Article
- Laparoscopic-assisted microwave ablation in treatment of small hepatocellular carcinoma: safety and efficacy in comparison with laparoscopic hepatectomy.BMC surgery · 2024Article
- Reproducible spectral CT thermometry with liver-mimicking phantoms for image-guided thermal ablation.Physics in medicine and biology · 2024Article
- Simulation of Image-Guided Microwave Ablation Therapy Using a Digital Twin Computational Model.IEEE open journal of engineering in medicine and biology · 2024Article
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- Fully laparoscopic thermo-ablation of liver malignancies with or without liver resection: tumor location is an independent local recurrence risk factor.Surgical endoscopy · 2021Article
- Radiomics Model Based on Gadoxetic Acid Disodium-Enhanced MR Imaging to Predict Hepatocellular Carcinoma Recurrence After Curative Ablation.Cancer management and research · 2021Article
- Feasibility and safety of surgical microwave ablation for hepatocellular carcinoma in elderly patients: a single center analysis in Japan.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- Early Outcomes with Single-antenna High-powered Percutaneous Microwave Ablation for Primary and Secondary Hepatic Malignancies: Safety, Effectiveness, and Predictors of Ablative Failure.Journal of clinical imaging science · 2020Article
- Percutaneous stereotactic image-guided microwave ablation for malignant liver lesions.Scientific reports · 2019Article
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- Microwave ablation of hepatic tumors abutting the diaphragm is safe and effective.AJR. American journal of roentgenology · 2015Article
- Long-term outcomes following microwave ablation for liver malignancies.The British journal of surgery · 2015Article
- Percutaneous microwave ablation of hepatocellular carcinoma with a gas-cooled system: initial clinical results with 107 tumors.Journal of vascular and interventional radiology : JVIR · 2015Article
- Microwave ablation energy delivery: influence of power pulsing on ablation results in an ex vivo and in vivo liver model.Medical physics · 2014Article
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Abstract
backgroundMicrowave ablation (MWA) is increasingly used to achieve local control for liver tumours. This study sought to examine a monocentric experience with MWA, with a primary hypothesis that primary tumour histology was a significant predictor of early recurrence.
methodsRetrospective single-institution review identified consecutive patients with liver tumours treated by MWA. Cox proportional hazards models assessed significance of prognostic variables.
resultsSeventy-two patients (43 female, 60%) underwent 83 MWA procedures for 157 tumours. Tumour histologies included hepatocellular cancer (10 operations), colorectal metastases (39), metastatic carcinoid (20) and other (14). The median tumour size was 2.0 cm. A concomitant liver resection was performed in 50 cases (60%). Crude peri-operative morbidity and mortality rates were 16% and 1%, respectively. The median follow-up was 16 months. Ablations were complete for 149 out of 157 tumours (95%). The median overall and recurrence-free survivals were 36 and 18 months, respectively. There was no difference in time to recurrence between the primary tumour types. In multivariable models, recurrence-free survival was independently associated with the use of neoadjuvant [hazard ratio (HR): 2.90, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.09-7.76, P = 0.034] and adjuvant chemotherapy (HR: 0.36, 95% CI: 0.15-0.82, P = 0.016).
conclusionsMWA is a safe and feasible approach for local control of liver tumours. While chemotherapy administration was associated with time to recurrence after MWA, larger studies are needed to corroborate these findings.
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