Keywords:
Breast, MR, Ultrasound, Ablation procedures, Cancer
Authors:
M. P. Fedeli1, G. Mauri2, L. M. Sconfienza3, L. A. Carbonaro3, G. Di Leo3, F. Sardanelli2; 1Milano, italy/IT, 2San Donato Milanese, Milan/IT, 3San Donato Milanese/IT
DOI:
10.1594/ecr2013/C-2097
Methods and Materials
A systematic literature research has been performed on PubMed,
EMBASE and Cochrane databases,
cross-referencing major articles on the subject published from January 1990 to November 2012,
including all clinical studies focused on minimally-invasive thermal ablation of breast cancer.
A combination of keywords was used for the search strategy: radiofrequency (RFA),
microwave (MWA),
laser (LA),
percutaneous,
ablation,
high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU),
cryoablation,
breast and cancer.
A summary of the technical characteristics is shown in Table 1.
Only English literatures were taken into account.
Non-English literatures with an English abstract available were excluded.
Molecular-focused,
in vitro or animal studies were excluded.
A data collection record form was designed to collect all relevant information.
Data were enrollment criteria,
clinical outcomes,
complication occurrence,
percentage of successful ablation,
type of analysis and,
results obtained.