title: Microwave ablation: state-of-the-art review.
abstract: This paper reviews state-of-the-art microwave ablation (MWA) of tumors. MWA is a novel method for treating inoperable tumors, ie, tumors that cannot be treated surgically. However, patients generally choose removal of the tumor by conventional techniques. A literature review of MWA for breast, liver, lung, and kidney tumors is reported here, with tabulation of our findings according to the type of technique used, with a detailed description of the time, type of microwave generator used, and number of patients treated with MWA. In some cases, the subjects were not human patients, but pig or bovine liver specimens. MWA is a technique that has proved to be promising and likely to be used increasingly in the ablation of cancerous tumors. However, MWA needs to be used more widely to establish itself as a common tool in the treatment of inoperable tumors.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Tecnológico de la Laguna, Torreón, Mexico.
authors.forename: José Irving
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Hernández
authors.affiliation: Instituto Tecnológico de la Laguna, Torreón, Mexico.
authors.forename: Mario Francisco Jesús
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Cepeda
authors.affiliation: Instituto Tecnológico de la Laguna, Torreón, Mexico.
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Valdés
authors.affiliation: Instituto Tecnológico de la Laguna, Torreón, Mexico.
authors.forename: Geshel David
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Guerrero
keywords: ablation; microwave; review; tumor