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Table 1 Local control rate, regional progression rate and distant progression rate

From: Comparison of local ablative therapies, including radiofrequency ablation, microwave ablation, stereotactic ablative radiotherapy, and particle radiotherapy, for inoperable hepatocellular carcinoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Groups

Cohorts (n)

Patients (n)

Events (95%)

I 2

Relative risk (95%)

p

Local control rate

      

 RFA

7

651

0.823 (0.733–0.887)

19.626

 1

 MWA

5

569

0.926 (0.867–0.960)

0.000

0.889 (0.852–0.927)

< 0.001

 SABR

7

424

0.848 (0.765–0.906)

38.215

0.971 (0.920–1.024)

0.276

 Particle

4

165

0.915 (0.826–0.961)

0.000

0.899 (0.848–0.954)

< 0.001

Regional progression rate

      

 RFA

3

156

0.298 (0.231–0.375)

0.000

1

 MWA

2

125

0.136 (0.086–0.208)

0.000

0.456 (0.276–0.755)

0.002

 SABR

4

194

0.317 (0.255–0.387)

10.563

1.064 (0.775–1.461)

0.703

 Particle

2

71

0.437 (0.327–0.553)

0.000

1.466 (1.026–2.096)

0.036

Distant progression rate

      

 RFA

4

260

0.064 (0.030–0.132)

9.812

1

 MWA

2

164

0.024 (0.007–0.083)

0.000

0.375 (0.127–1.105)

0.075

 SABR

3

188

0.201 (0.103–0.353)

55.123

3.141 (1.821–5.418)

< 0.001

 Particle

2

71

0.187 (0.079–0.379)

0.000

2.922 (1.492–5.720)

0.002

  1. MWA: Microwave ablation; RFA: radiofrequency ablation; SABR: stereotactic ablative radiotherapy