Nonoperative Ablation of Pancreatic Neoplasms.

Nonoperative Ablation of Pancreatic Neoplasms. Surg Clin North Am. 2018 Feb;98(1):127-140 Authors: Marrocchio C, Dababou S, Catalano C, Napoli A Abstract Pancreatic cancer is a poor prognostic tumor and about 20% of patients are eligible for surgical resection at the time of diagnosis. Recently, minimally invasive procedures have provided promising results as a therapeutic option for locally advanced unresectable pancreatic cancer. In particular, high-intensity focused ultrasound is an emerging noninvasive thermally ablative procedure that may have a dominant role in the future. Although the clinical applications of minimally invasive therapies to pancreatic cancers are still in their infancy, the results at present are promising. PMID: 29191269 [PubMed - in process]
Source: The Surgical Clinics of North America - Category: Surgery Authors: Tags: Surg Clin North Am Source Type: research