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Abdominal Radiology
Published in: Abdominal Radiology 4/2005

01-08-2005

Feature Section, Radiofrequency Tumor Ablation, Under The Guest Editorship of A. R. Gillams

Author: Morton A. Meyers

Published in: Abdominal Radiology | Issue 4/2005

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Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) of tumors is a therapeutic modality that has been rapidly accepted in academic centers and community hospitals. Although it is currently used for primary and metastatic tumors of the kidney, bones, lungs, breast, and head and neck, it is most commonly used for therapy of unresectable tumors in the liver. Italian researchers have recently suggested that RFA should be offered as first-line therapy for patients with liver tumors. In patients who had cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma controlled only with RFA, 5-year survival rates appeared to be similar, and in some cases superior, to those for surgery. …
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Title
Feature Section, Radiofrequency Tumor Ablation, Under The Guest Editorship of A. R. Gillams
Author
Morton A. Meyers
Publication date
01-08-2005
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Abdominal Radiology / Issue 4/2005
Print ISSN: 2366-004X
Electronic ISSN: 2366-0058
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00261-004-0292-2

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