Electrochemotherapy in the Locoregional Treatment of Metastatic Colorectal Liver Metastases: A Systematic Review
Pierluigi Barbieri, Alessandro Posa, Valentina Lancellotta, David C Madoff, Alessandro Maresca, Patrizia Cornacchione, Luca Tagliaferri, Roberto Iezzi · 2024
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Description
Pierluigi Barbieri and colleagues published a 2024 review of electrochemotherapy for colorectal cancer that has spread to the liver. Surgery can remove such tumors in only a minority of patients, so doctors need local alternatives. Electrochemotherapy uses brief electric pulses to help chemotherapy drugs enter tumor cells more effectively.
Searching three databases for clinical studies over two decades, the reviewers found just four that met their standards, covering seventy-eight patients. Study designs varied, and the authors graded the evidence quality carefully. The small base shows the treatment is being used and reported, but also how much stronger proof doctors still need before relying on it.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Pierluigi Barbieri, Alessandro Posa, Valentina Lancellotta, David C Madoff, Alessandro Maresca, Patrizia Cornacchione, Luca Tagliaferri, Roberto Iezzi |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 26 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |