Record Status This is a bibliographic record of a published health technology assessment from a member of INAHTA. No evaluation of the quality of this assessment has been made for the HTA database. Citation Stivanello E., Giovannini T., Negro A., Pirini G., Ballini L. Medical device for intravesical microwave hyperthermia in the treatment of superficial bladder cancer. Bologna: Agenzia sanitaria e sociale regionale, Regione Emilia-Romagna (ASSR). Short Report 2. 2010 Authors' conclusions The technology has been proposed for nearly 20 years. Nevertheless, the quality and quantity of evidence produced by the low number of studies conducted so far do not allow to draw concluding remarks on the clinical efficacy and safety of the technology. Its indication of use is for second-line treatment following the failure of previous therapies and additional studies, independent and of good methodological quality, are desirable to provide conclusive data on clinical efficacy. The high cost of the technology makes these studies impractical at present.
Indexing Status Subject indexing assigned by CRD MeSH Administration, Intravesical; Humans; Hyperthermia, Induced; Urinary Bladder Neoplasms Language Published English Country of organisation Italy English summary An English language summary is available. Address for correspondence Viale Aldo Moro 21, 40127 Bologna, Italia tel. +39 051 5277177 fax +39 051 5277049
Email: Ballini_Lu@regione.emilia-romagna.it AccessionNumber 32014001421 Date abstract record published 08/12/2014 |