Role of percutaneous thermal ablation in cancer treatment

Authors

  • Doha Jamal Ahmad Department of Radiology, Al Aziziah Children Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
  • Amal Yahea Alyami Department of Radiology, King Khalid Hospital, Najran, Saudi Arabia
  • Abdullah Ahmed Alasker College of Medicine, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland
  • Kholoud Bakur Fallatah Department of Radiology, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
  • Reshan Mane AlReshan Department of Radiology, King Khalid Hospital, Najran, Saudi Arabia
  • Meshari Tael Althuwaybi College of Medicine, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia
  • Fawzyah Salem Alhabes Department of Radiology, New Najran General Hospital, Najran, Saudi Arabia
  • Bader Bandar Alnefaie College of Medicine, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia
  • Ahmed Mosa Alzahrany College of Medicine, Baha University, Al Baha, Saudi Arabia
  • Hiaallah Ali Alshehri College of Medicine, Shaqra Universtiy, Shaqra, Saudi Arabia
  • Saeed Ahmad Hethwell College of Medicine, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20214455

Keywords:

Thermal ablation, Management, Radiofrequency, Microwave ablation, Carcinoma

Abstract

The main aim of using thermal ablation strategies is to eliminate the targeted malignant cells within a specific volume. However, it should be noted that some researchers have reported the potential limitations of some of these techniques. On the other hand, more updated investigations indicated that these limitations could be overcome by the adjuvant use of other management modalities as chemotherapy. Many limitations have been reported with the modality, including the prolonged therapeutic time. Therefore, cryoablation and microwave ablation techniques were introduced in the literature as safe and efficacious modalities that overcame the limitations of the radiofrequency technique. Overall, percutaneous thermal ablation is associated with favorable outcomes and should be used in clinical settings due to the various advantages that have been reported for the modality, in addition to being less invasive.

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2021-11-24

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Ahmad, D. J., Alyami, A. Y., Alasker, A. A., Fallatah, K. B., AlReshan, R. M., Althuwaybi, M. T., Alhabes, F. S., Alnefaie, B. B., Alzahrany, A. M., Alshehri, H. A., & Hethwell, S. A. (2021). Role of percutaneous thermal ablation in cancer treatment. International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health, 8(12), 6132–6136. https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20214455

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