Microwave ablation of pancreatic tumors.

Objectives: To evaluate the clinical performance of percutaneous microwave ablation (MWA) for treatment of locally-advanced-pancreatic-cancer (LAPC).

Material And Methods: Twenty-two MWA sessions (August 2015-March 2017) in 20 patients with primary pancreatic cancer (13 men, 7 women, mean-age: 59.9 ± 8.

Transarterial chemoembolization of hepatocellular carcinoma in a rat model: the effect of additional injection of survivin siRNA to the treatment protocol.

Background: Transarterial chemoembolization is one of the most widely accepted interventional treatment options for treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma. Still there is a lack of a standard protocol regarding the injected chemotherapeutics. Survivin is an inhibitor of Apoptosis protein that functions to inhibit apoptosis, promote proliferation, and enhance invasion.

Magnetic resonance-guided laser-induced interstitial thermotherapy of breast cancer liver metastases and other noncolorectal cancer liver metastases: an analysis of prognostic factors for long-term survival and progression-free survival.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was the evaluation of prognostic factors for long-term survival and progression-free survival (PFS) after treatment of noncolorectal cancer liver metastases through MR-guided laser-induced thermotherapy (LITT).

Patients And Methods: We included 401 patients (mean age, 57.3 years) with liver metastases from different primary tumors who were treated with LITT.