Endoscopic radiofrequency ablation may improve overall survival in patients with inoperable ampullary carcinoma

Patients with advanced ampullary carcinoma (AC) who are unsuitable for surgery are most likely to have poor outcomes. The role of endoscopic radiofrequency ablation (RFA) in this population has not been fully defined. We aimed to assess the short- and long-term outcomes of RFA in a large cohort of AC patients.In this retrospective study, data of consecutive patients with pathologically proven AC who underwent successful endobiliary RFA and/or...