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Testing the Addition of Locally Ablative Therapy to Systemic Therapy Treatment for Oligo-Progressive Solid Tumors

Trial Status: active

This phase II trial studies the effects and safety of adding ablative local therapy (ALT) to the usual systemic therapy in treating patients with solid tumors that have spread from where it first started (primary site) to other places in the body (metastatic) and has progressed to up to 5 body sites (oligo-progressive). Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SAbR) is a type of external radiation therapy that uses special equipment to position a patient and precisely deliver radiation to tumors in the body (except the brain). The total dose of radiation is divided into smaller doses given over several days. This type of radiation therapy helps spare normal tissue. Radiofrequency ablation uses a needle to deliver a high-frequency, electric current to kill tumor cells by heating them. IR ablation therapy, such as microwave ablation kills tumor cells by heating them to several degrees above normal body temperature. The addition of ablative local therapy to the usual approach of systemic therapy could be more effective than usual chemotherapy alone by increasing the life of patients with oligo-progressive solid tumors.