Comparison of combination therapies in the management of locally advanced pancreatic cancer: Induction chemotherapy followed by irreversible electroporation vs radiofrequency ablation.
Chaobin HeJun WangYu ZhangZhiyuan CaiXiao-Jun LinShengping LiPublished in: Cancer medicine (2020)
IRE after induction chemotherapy is superior to RFA after induction chemotherapy for treating LAPC patients while these two therapies have comparable efficacy for tumors which were larger than 4 cm.
Keyphrases
- locally advanced
- radiofrequency ablation
- rectal cancer
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- squamous cell carcinoma
- end stage renal disease
- radiation therapy
- phase ii study
- chronic kidney disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- prognostic factors
- endoplasmic reticulum stress
- clinical trial
- patient reported
- open label
- lymph node