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ArticleJournal of personalized medicine2022

Long-Term Comparative Study on the Local Tumour Control of Different Ablation Technologies in Primary and Secondary Liver Malignancies.

Attila Kovács, Peter Bischoff, Hathal Haddad, Willi Zhou, Susanne Temming, Andreas Schäfer, Hannah Spallek, Lucas Kaupe, György Kovács, Michael Pinkawa

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Article in Journal of personalized medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Attila KovácsClinic for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology and Neuroradiology, Mediclin Robert Janker Klinik, 53129 Bonn, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-0444-5280
Peter BischoffClinic for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology and Neuroradiology, Mediclin Robert Janker Klinik, 53129 Bonn, Germany.
Hathal HaddadClinic for Radiotherapy and Radiooncology, Mediclin Robert Janker Klinik, 53129 Bonn, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5413-814X
Willi ZhouClinic for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology and Neuroradiology, Mediclin Robert Janker Klinik, 53129 Bonn, Germany.
Susanne TemmingClinic for Radiotherapy and Radiooncology, Mediclin Robert Janker Klinik, 53129 Bonn, Germany.
Andreas SchäferClinic for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology and Neuroradiology, Mediclin Robert Janker Klinik, 53129 Bonn, Germany.
Hannah SpallekClinic for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology and Neuroradiology, Mediclin Robert Janker Klinik, 53129 Bonn, Germany.
Lucas KaupeClinic for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology and Neuroradiology, Mediclin Robert Janker Klinik, 53129 Bonn, Germany.
György KovácsGemelli-INTERACTS, Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Michael PinkawaClinic for Radiotherapy and Radiooncology, Mediclin Robert Janker Klinik, 53129 Bonn, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-6450-297X
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose: To evaluate local tumour control (LTC) by local ablation techniques (LAT) in liver malignancies. Materials and methods: In patients treated with LAT between January 2013 and October 2020 target lesions were characterised by histology, dimensions in three spatial axes, volume, vascularisation and challenging (CL) location. LAT used were: Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA), Microwave Ablation (MWA), Cryoablation (CRYO), Electrochemotherapy (ECT), and Interstitial Brachytherapy (IBT). Results: 211 LAT were performed in 155 patients. Mean follow-up including MRI for all patients was 11 months. Lesions treated with ECT and IBT were significantly larger and significantly more often located in CL in comparison to RFA, MWA and CRYO. Best LTC (all data for 12 months are given below) resulted after RFA (93%), followed by ECT (81%), CRYO (70%), IBT (68%) and MWA (61%), and further, entity-related for HCC (93%), followed by CRC (83%) and BrC (72%), without statistically significant differences. LTC in hypovascular lesions was worse (64%), followed by intermediate (82% p = 0.01) and hypervascular lesions (92% p = 0.07). Neither diameter (<3 cm: 81%/3−6 cm: 74%/>6 cm: 70%), nor volume (<10 cm3: 80%/10−20 cm3: 86%/>20 cm3: 67%), nor CL (75% in CL vs. 80% in non CL) had a significant impact on LTC. In CL, best LTC resulted after ECT (76%) and IBT (76%). Conclusion: With suitable LAT, similarly good local tumour control can be achieved regardless of lesion size and location of the target.

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cryoablationelectrochemotherapyinterstitial brachytherapyinterventional oncologylocal ablative techniqueslocal tumour controlmicrowave ablationpersonalised medicineradiofrequency ablation

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PMID35330429
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