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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Surg Oncol. 2011 Sep 9;18(11):3079–3087. doi: 10.1245/s10434-011-2002-y

Table 2.

Trials RFA Treatment n Assessment of Ablated Lesion Outcome
Oura et al38 Cool Tip 52 FNA biopsy 15 month mean F/U
1 LR, 1 burn
Brkljacic et al39 6 Routine in very ill
patients		 9–49 months, 1 infection, 2 deaths due to other disease
Susini et al40 3 Core No LR 18 mo
Earashi et al40 Starburst XL 6 Mammotome 4 month mean F/U
No LR
Marcy et al41 Elektrotom 4 Core Needle biopsy 29 month mean F/U
1 LR
1 abscess
Yamamoto et al 42 Cool Tip 29 Vacuum-assisted core biopsy 1 month, no viable tumor in 24 of 26