One-year survival of inoperable pancreatic cancer treated by high intensity focused ultrasound:a retrospective multiple-center clinical trial in China and Bulgaria
Objective:To analyze retrospectively the one-year survives of patients with inoperable pancreatic cancer treated by high intensity focused ultrasound by a multiple-center clinical trial. Methods:From January 2013 to January 2014,32 patients with in-operable pancreatic cancer from China and Bulgaria were involved into the trial. They are male/female=20/12,aged 59.8±9.1(41-81) years. The size of tumor is 39.3±9.6(20-60) mm. the number of patient with/without metastasis are 18/14.The treatment protocol is HIFU or HIFU plus Chemotherapy. The complications,pain levels and survives were recorded after HIFU. The overall survival rate(OS) and median survival time(MST) were calculated by Kaplan-Meier method,and the differences between patients with/without adjuvant chemotherapy or metastasis were compared with log-rank method. Results:Two patients with degree Ⅱ° skin burn were recorded in one month post-HIFU and were cured in 1-2 weeks with conservative treatment. Comparison was made on 30 patients with pancreatic cancer related pain pre-HIFU and post-HIFU. Post-HIFU,the pain levels got released in 24 cases(80.0%),no changed in 5 cases(16.7%),worse in 1 case(3.3%). The OS of all cases in one year was 38.4% and MST was 12 months. The OS of patients accepted HIFU plus adjuvant chemotherapy/HIFU in one year was 57.4% and 20.8% and MST was 12 months and 6 months,respectively with significant dif-ferences. The OS of patients with/without metastasis was 0% and 49.2% and MST was 7 months and 12 months,respectively without significant differences. Conclusion:All patients from China and Bulgaria with inoperable pancreatic cancer completed the HIFU safely. The one year OS and MST are better than other non-operative methods. HIFU plus adjuvant chemotherapy benefits to the survival,while metastasis is a poor prognosis factor.