• 1. Chinese Cochrane Centre, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China;2. West China Medical School, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China;3. National Chengdu Center for Safety Evaluation of Drugs, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China;
LI Youping, Email: yzmylab@163.com
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Objective  To evaluate the trends, dominant diseases and clinical outcomes of the global interventional therapy for tumors based on evidence, so as to provide references for standard access of interventional technology.
Methods  Such databases as PubMed, EMbase, Web of Science, The Cochrane Library, CBM, CNKI and VIP were electronically and comprehensively searched for relevant clinical or fundamental studies about interventional therapy for tumors from inception to September, 2012. Two reviewers independently screened literature according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria and extracted data. Then, descriptive analysis was performed using SPSS 13.0 and Microsoft Excel 2003 software.
Results  Totally, 4 544 studies were included, consisting of 4 136 (91.0%) clinical studies and 408 (9.0%) fundamental studies. These clinical studies including 155 systematic reviews (SRs), 338 randomized controlled trials (RCTs), 1 191 clinical controlled trials (CCTs), and 2 451 case series or case reports (CSs/CRs). Transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) and radiofrequency ablation (RFA) were the most clinically frequenly-used interventional technologies for tumors, accounting for 32.6% and 17.1% of the total, respectively. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) was the dominant tumor, which was mentioned in 99 SRs (57.6%), 198 RCTs (58.6%), 824 CCTs (69.1%) and 1 191 CSs/CRs (48.6%), following by colorectal liver metastases (CLM). Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) treating HCC resulted in a higher rate of 3-year survival (12 SRs/Meta-analyses) and lower recurrence (10 SRs/Meta-analyses) compared with percutaneous ethanol injection (PEI). Compared with hepatic resection (HR), RFA treating HCC resulted in lower rates of 3-year (11 SRs/Meta-analyses) and 5-year survival (9 SRs/Meta-analyses), and no significant difference was found in 1-year survival between the two groups (17 SRs/Meta-analyses). Preoperative TACE before HR or liver transplantation could not improve the survival for patients with advanced HCC (6 SRs/Meta-analyses), but postoperative TACE might prolong the 1-and 3-year survival (3 SRs/Meta-analyses). TACE combined with other interventional therapy (i.e., RFA, PEI) could also prolong the survival of HCC patients. For the treatment of uterine leiomyoma, uterine artery embolization (UAE) resulted in less hospital duration or operative time, and it caused a higher re-intervention rate, compared with surgery, but it lacked long-term outcomes.
Conclusion  Interventional therapy is an optional and promising technology for patients with tumors. We should well-consider currently available best clinical evidence as well as local medical facilities or skill level when applying them to clinical practice, so as to perform relevant interventional techniques with scientific, rational and standardized methods.

Citation: WANG Yingqiang,LI Xianglian,LI Youping,DENG Shaolin,LUO Qianqian,WEI Shiyou. Status Quo of Global Interventional Therapy for Tumors: A Systematic Review. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2013, 13(9): 1060-1072. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.20130183 Copy

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