Nine-year survival of a 60-year-old woman with locally advanced pancreatic cancer under repeated open approach radiofrequency ablation: A case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is gaining popularity as an additional therapy for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. RFA appears to be an attractive treatment option for patients with unresectable, locally advanced and nonmetastatic pancreatic cancer.

Case summary

A 60-year-old woman with 2 mo intermittent upper abdominal pains was admitted to hospital. She had undergone radical gastrectomy (Billroth II) for gastric antral cancer. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CECT) and abdominal ultrasound displayed a primary tumor in the neck of the pancreas. Pathological examination showed that the lesion was a pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. According to the results of the imaging, open approach RFA was selected to treat the primary tumor. Eight months later, CECT fol

SUBMITTER: Zhang JY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9669842 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature