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  • Title: [Efficacy of microwave coagulation therapy (MCT) in patients with liver tumors].
    Author: Beppu T, Ogawa M, Matsuda T, Ohara C, Hirota M, Shimada S, Yamaguchi Y, Yamanaka T.
    Journal: Gan To Kagaku Ryoho; 1998 Jul; 25(9):1358-61. PubMed ID: 9703828.
    Abstract:
    We evaluated the efficacy of microwave coagulation therapy (MCT) in 84 patients with hepatocellular carcinomas (HCC) and 40 with metastatic liver tumors (MLT). The response rates calculated with diagnostic imaging were 92% in HCC and 80% in MLT. The regional recurrence rates were relatively higher in patients with MLT (33%) than in HCC (14%). The average surgical margin in operative MCT group was 11 mm. The cumulative survival rates at three and five years were 63% and 38% in HCC and 43% and 33% in MLT, respectively. The complications were similarly encountered in HCC and MLT (12% versus 13%). When these observations are taken together, MCT is a radical and safe locoregional therapy which can keep an adequate surgical margin and assure long survival.
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