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Salvatore Tafuto1, Claudia von Arx2, Chiara De Divitiis3, Claire Tracey Maura4, Raffaele Palaia5, Vittorio Albino6, Roberta Fusco7, Massimo Membrini8, Antonella Petrillo9, Vincenza Granata10, Francesco Izzo11.
Abstract
Electrochemotherapy is a local non-thermal treatment for cancer ablation. Currently, many studies and case report have investigated the differences in effectiveness of electrochemotherapy with respect to tumor type, chemotherapeutic drug, and route of drug administration. ESOPE trial validated standard operating procedures [SOP] for ECT using the Cliniporator device and demonstrated that ECT is a simple, highly efficacious, and cost-effective treatment of cutaneous and subcutaneous nodules from different primary tumors for cutaneous or superficial lesions. This review has the purpose to summarize current knowledge about clinical effectiveness of electrochemotherapy and future prospects regarding its use on pancreatic cancer and liver metastasis not only.Entities:
Keywords: Electrochemotherapy; Electroporation; Liver metastasis; Neuroendocrine tumor; Pancreatic cancer
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Year: 2015 PMID: 26123385 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2015.04.095
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int J Surg ISSN: 1743-9159 Impact factor: 6.071