Research Article
The Evolving Role of Ultrasound Guided Percutaneous Laser Ablation in Elderly Unresectable Breast Cancer Patients: A Feasibility Pilot Study
Table 2
Patients characteristics.
| Patient Number | Reason for non-operability | Age (Years) | USG tumor size (Pre-biopsy) (mm) |
| 01 | Hypertension (HTN) and diabetes mellitus (DM) | 80 | 15 mm |
| 02 | Congestive heart failure with DM | 88 | 15 mm |
| 03 | CVS co-morbidity and HTN | 83 | 10 mm |
| 04 | Ischemic heart disease | 84 | 15 mm |
| 05 | DM with end stage renal disease | 87 | 12 mm |
| 06 | Cardiomyopathy | 86 | 10 mm |
| 07 | Patient refused operation | 90 | 7 mm |
| 08 | CVS co-morbidity and pacemaker | 85 | 15 mm |
| 09 | Patient refused operation | 75 | 11 mm |
| 10 | Age factor with diabetes and hypertension | 92 | 12 mm |
| 11 | Parkinson’s | 90 | 20 mm |
| 12 | Congestive heart failure | 88 | 15 mm |
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