Role of surgery and transplantation in the treatment of hepatic metastases from neuroendocrine tumor

Table 3 Comparison of outcomes of ablative techniques

Ref.	Publication year	Mode of therapy	Number of patients ablated	Median PFS	Median OS
Taner et al[34]	2012	RFA and extra-hepatic resection	94	24 mo
Karabulut et al[25]	2011	RFA	69	10.5 mo	73 mo
Akyildiz et al[44]	2010	RFA	30	15.6 mo	72 mo
Martin et al[45]	2010	MWA and extra-hepatic resection	11	8 mo	18 mo
Mazzaglia et al[46]	2007	RFA and extra-hepatic resection	63		47 mo
Gillams et al[47]	2005	RFA	25		29 mo
Seifert et al[49]	1998	Cryotherapy	13		103 mo
Shapiro et al[50]	1998	Cryotherapy	5	1
Bilchik et al[51]	1997	Cryotherapy	19	10 mo	49 mo

¹Mean follow-up 2.5 years, overall survival 20%. MWA: Microwave ablation.