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ArticleOncology letters2017

Clinical study of radiofrequency ablation combined with TACE in the treatment of breast cancer with liver metastasis.

Haijun Wang, Bin Liu, Houlong Long, Fengfeng Zhang, Silei Wang, Feng Li

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Article in Oncology letters, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Haijun WangDepartment of General Surgery, Anqiu Hospital of Chinese Traditional Medicine, Anqiu, Shandong 262100, P.R. China.
Bin LiuDepartment of Thyroid and Breast Surgery, Tengzhou Central People's Hospital, Tengzhou, Shandong 277500, P.R. China.
Houlong LongDepartment of Thyroid and Breast Surgery, Tengzhou Central People's Hospital, Tengzhou, Shandong 277500, P.R. China.
Fengfeng ZhangDepartment of Thyroid and Breast Surgery, Tengzhou Central People's Hospital, Tengzhou, Shandong 277500, P.R. China.
Silei WangDepartment of Thyroid and Breast Surgery, Tengzhou Central People's Hospital, Tengzhou, Shandong 277500, P.R. China.
Feng LiDepartment of Thyroid and Breast Surgery, Tengzhou Central People's Hospital, Tengzhou, Shandong 277500, P.R. China.
Tengzhou Central People's Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We studied the clinical effects of percutaneous radiofrequency ablation (RFCA) combined with trans-catheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) in the treatment of breast cancer with liver metastasis. Eighty-eight patients with a diagnosis of breast cancer with liver metastasis for the first time and patients with liver metastasis after radical mastectomy were consecutively selected. The subjects were divided according to the different treatment methods. They were divided either into the control group of 50 cases or the observation group of 38 cases. Breast cancer patients underwent radical mastectomy with conventional systemic venous chemotherapy. The liver metastasis control group used TACE, while the observation group combined RFCA with TACE. The two groups were followed up for a median time of 20 months, and the clinical effects were compared. The effective rate of the observation group was higher than that of the control group; differences were statistically significant (P<0.05). There was no differences in the incidence of complications between the two groups (P>0.05). The progression free survival, median survival time and survival rate of the observation group were increased; differences were statistically significant (P<0.05). Therefore, RFCA combined with TACE in the treatment of breast cancer with liver metastasis is safe and effective.

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breast cancerliver metastasispercutaneous radiofrequency ablationtranscatheter arterial chemoembolization

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PMID28927032
PMCPMC5588120
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