Abstract
Recently, minimally invasive surgery such as RFA is a novel application for small breast cancer and expected to bring an excellent cosmetic effect.
Between January 2006 and October 2007, 20 breast cancer patients were performed RFA with cool-tip RF system. No tumor resection after RFA treatment was performed.
The tumor size was less than or equal to 1.5 cm in diameter. RFA is indicated only in patients with small, well-localized breast cancer. MRI has greater accuracy for determining the extent of disease, and post-ablation MRI demonstrates well-defined zones of ablation and correlates well with pathological findings.
Our pilot studies are encouraging with regard to cosmesis and local control.
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Takahashi, M. (2016). RFA of Early Breast Cancer Without Resection. In: Kinoshita, T. (eds) Non-surgical Ablation Therapy for Early-stage Breast Cancer. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54463-0_15
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