Table 3. Ablation procedures and outcomes of all the 5 enrolled patients.
| Patient No. | Ablation technique | Sessions of ablation | Outcome of ablation | Adverse events and complications of ablation | Treatment response | Recurrence after ablation | Interval time between ablation and recurrence (months) | Treatments for recurrence after ablation | Survival time after ablation (months) | Survival time after diagnosis (months) | Outcome at Last Follow-up (alive or dead/cause of death) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RFA | 1 | Complete | Fever | PD | Yes | 1 | Chemotherapy | 5 | 13 | Dead/disease progression |
| 2 | PEI | 1 | Complete | — | CR | No | — | — | 16 | 31 | Alive |
| 3 | PEI | 2 | Complete | — | PD | Yes | 3 | PEI, RFA, chemotherapy | 9 | 82 | Alive |
| 4 | RFA | 1 | Complete | — | PR | No | — | — | 7 | 19 | Alive |
| 5 | RFA | 1 | Complete | — | CR | No | — | — | 8 | 21 | Alive |
PEI: percutaneous ethanol injection; RFA: radiofrequency ablation.
CR: complete response, PR: partial response, SD: stable disease, PD: progressive disease.