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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jan 6.
Published in final edited form as: Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2018 May 29;41(10):1530–1544. doi: 10.1007/s00270-018-2000-6

Table 8.

Post-microwave ablation (MWA) therapies received

Post-MWA therapy Incidence
Systemic chemotherapy
Yes. Number of regimens received: 37 (74%)
 1 Regimen 12/37 (32%)
 2 Regimens 12/37 (32%)
 ≥ 3 Regimens 13/37 (35%)
No 13 (26%)
Target therapy (EGFR inhibitors/antibody, anti-VEGF, tyrosine kinase inhibitors)
Yes 29 (58%)
No 21 (42%)
Lung ablation
Yes 19 (38%)
No 31 (62%)
Lung resection
Yes 5 (10%)
No 45 (90%)
Other therapies (radiotherapy, resection or ablation of the other tumor sites, Y-90 RAE, HAIP, immunotherapy)
Yes 28 (56%)
No 22 (44%)
Patients off-treatment after MWA due to no evidence of disease, low volume of disease or due side effects/comorbidities
Yes 5 (10%)
No 45 (90%)

RAE radioembolization, HAIP hepatic artery infusion pump