Archive | 2021
Radiofrequency and microwave ablation for pancreatic cancer
Abstract
Abstract Pancreatic cancer, as a common gastrointestinal malignancy, has a trend of increasing morbidity and mortality, and the prognosis of patients is extremely poor. Surgical resection combined with radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and other comprehensive measures are currently the main clinical treatment methods for pancreatic cancer, but for patients who cannot undergo surgery and have postoperative recurrence, palliative treatment cannot be ignored, of which palliative therapy represented by interventional therapy has gradually become the key research direction of pancreatic cancer treatment. Different interventional therapies can cause different degrees of degeneration and/or necrosis of pancreatic cancer tissues, which can effectively relieve pain, improve quality of life, prolong survival, and provide new treatment options for patients with pancreatic cancer. Among many interventional therapies, radiofrequency ablation (RFA) and microwave ablation (MWA) have shown great potential for the treatment of pancreatic cancer. The preoperative preparation, intraoperative operation, and postoperative continuous care and treatment of the RFA and MWA have been described in detail in this part, but more clinical practices are needed to verify the efficacy of the two therapies before they become clinical first-line therapies.