SynthesisThoracic cancer2019
Efficacy of radiofrequency ablation and microwave ablation in the treatment of thoracic cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Patient Survival and Disease Recurrence Following Percutaneous Ablation of Pulmonary Metastasis.Cardiovascular and interventional radiology · 2022Pooled it
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- Thermoradiotherapy reverses proliferation, metastasis, and anoikis resistance in glioblastoma through ITGA5-PI3K/AKT axis.Translational oncology · 2025Article
- The Treatment of Patients with Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Who Are Not Candidates or Decline Surgical Resection: The Role of Radiation and Image-Guided Thermal Ablation.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Nanomaterial-Enabled Photothermal Heating and Its Use for Cancer Therapy via Localized Hyperthermia.Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2024Review
- Locoregional Thermal and Chemical Tumor Ablation: Review of Clinical Applications and Potential Opportunities for Use in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.JCO global oncology · 2023Review
- Safety and Efficacy Outcomes From a Single-Center Study of Image-Guided Percutaneous Microwave Ablation for Primary and Metastatic Lung Malignancy.JTO clinical and research reports · 2023Article
- Analgesia of percutaneous thermal ablation plus cementoplasty for cancer bone metastases.Journal of bone oncology · 2019Review
- Efficacy and safety of artificial pneumothorax with position adjustment for CT-guided percutaneous transthoracic microwave ablation of small subpleural lung tumors.Thoracic cancer · 2019Article
- The beginning of a new era: treatment of erectile dysfunction by use of physical energies as an alternative to pharmaceuticals.International journal of impotence research · 2019Review
- Image-Guided Percutaneous and Transarterial Therapies for Primary and Metastatic Lung Cancer.Technology in cancer research & treatmentReview
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Abstract
backgroundRadiofrequency ablation and microwave ablation are frequently prescribed for thoracic cancer. However, few writers have been able to draw on any systematic research into the differences between the two ablation methods.
methodsA literature search was carried out using Embase, PUBMED, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, and CNKI databases, with additional searches carried out manually using terms associated with thoracic cancer and thermal ablation. Then we used Google Scholar for a complementary search. Data were extracted from studies of patients that underwent radiofrequency ablation or microwave ablation, and the investigator carried out efficacy evaluation and follow up. The data obtained from the literature were summarized and analyzed using Cochrane Revman software Version 5.3 and SPSS 22.0.
resultsThere were seven comparative studies, but no randomized studies identified for data extraction; 246 patients received radiofrequency ablation therapy and 319 controls received microwave ablation. There was no significant difference in the six-month, one-year, two-year, and three-year survival rates, and adverse reactions were found in the two treatments. For patients' long-term survival rate, the two treatments can achieve a similar survival time.
conclusionIn the treatment of thoracic cancer, microwave ablation can achieve the same efficacy as radiofrequency ablation.
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