Irreversible Electroporation in Patients with Pancreatic Cancer :Angel and Devil / 대한소화기암학회지
Journal of Digestive Cancer Report
;
(2): 26-30, 2019.
Artigo
em Coreano
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-787282
ABSTRACT
Pancreatic cancer has a very poor prognosis. Complete surgical resection remains the only current curative treatment. Locally advanced pancreatic cancer (LAPC) is considered as unresectable because of involvement of celiac and/or mesenteric vessels. The treatment of LAPC is a challenge. Current guidelines suggest systemic therapy. However, the majority of patients will never experience conversion to surgical resection. Thus, in these patients, ablation is an alternative therapy for local control, which causes local destruction while ideally avoiding injury to surrounding healthy tissue. Irreversible electroporation (IRE) is an energy delivery system, effective in ablating tumors by inducing irreversible membrane destruction of cells. IRE demonstrated to be safe in previous studies. However, it is not free from complications, even serious. Here, we reported two cases of the IRE in LAPC patients.
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Assunto principal:
Neoplasias Pancreáticas
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Prognóstico
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Eletroporação
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Membranas
Tipo de estudo:
Guia de Prática Clínica
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Estudo prognóstico
Limite:
Humanos
Idioma:
Coreano
Revista:
Journal of Digestive Cancer Report
Ano de publicação:
2019
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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