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- Title
Thermal ablation in cancer.
- Authors
YONG LIU; CHENG-SONG CAO; YANG YU; YA-MENG SI
- Abstract
Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) and cryoablation are alternative forms of therapy used widely in various pathological states, including treatment of carcinogenesis. The reason is that ablation techniques have ability of modulating the immune system. Furthermore, recent studies have applied this form of therapy on tumor microenvironment and in the systematic circulation. Moreover, RFA and cryoablation result in an inflammatory immune response along with tissue disruption. Evidence has demonstrated that these procedures affect carcinogenesis by causing a significant local inflammatory response leading to an immunogenic gene signature. The present review enlightens the current view of these techniques in cancer.
- Subjects
CANCER; CATHETER ablation; CARCINOGENESIS; IMMUNE system; CRYOSURGERY
- Publication
Oncology Letters, 2016, Vol 12, Issue 4, p2293
- ISSN
1792-1074
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3892/ol.2016.4997