TABLE 2.
Factors associated with successful ablation
| Successful ablation (n = 66) | Unsuccessful ablation (n = 21) | p-Value | |
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| MRI status | 0.050 | ||
| Residual enhancement | 14 (60.9) | 9 (39.1) | |
| No residual enhancement | 52 (78.8) | 12 (18.8) | |
| HR status | 0.99 | ||
| Negative | 3 (75.0) | 1 (25.0) | |
| Positive | 63 (75.9) | 20 (24.1) | |
| Tumor grade | 0.15 | ||
| Low | 26 (88.7) | 4 (13.3) | |
| Intermediate | 23 (65.7) | 12 (34.3) | |
| High | 10 (71.4) | 4 (28.6) | |
| Tumor size, cm | 0.10 | ||
| <1.0 | 15 (93.8) | 1 (6.3) | |
| ≥1.0 | 51 (71.8) | 20 (28.2) | |
| MRI status for tumor size <1.0 | 0.31 | ||
| Residual enhancement | 4 (80.0) | 1 (20.0) | |
| No residual enhancement | 11 (100.0) | 0 | |
| MRI status for tumor size ≥1.0 | 0.076 | ||
| Residual enhancement | 10 (55.6) | 8 (44.4) | |
| No residual enhancement | 41 (77.4) | 12 (22.6) | |
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| Successful ablation or MRI residual disease | Unsuccessful ablation and MRI no residual disease | ||
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| Tumor size, cm | 0.11 | ||
| <1.0 | 16 (100.0) | 0 | |
| ≥1.0 | 59 (78.7) | 12 (21.3) | |