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Letter to the Editor Concerning “Irreversible Electroporation (IRE) Fails to Demonstrate Efficacy in a Prospective Multicenter Phase II Trial on Lung Malignancies: The ALICE Trial” by Ricke et al. 2015 (doi:10.1007/s00270-014-1049-0)

Authors: Johann Jakob Wendler, Markus Porsch, Frank Fischbach, Maciej Pech, Martin Schostak, Uwe-Bernd Liehr

Published in: CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology | Issue 4/2015

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Title: Letter to the Editor Concerning “Irreversible Electroporation (IRE) Fails to Demonstrate Efficacy in a Prospective Multicenter Phase II Trial on Lung Malignancies: The ALICE Trial” by Ricke et al. 2015 (doi:10.1007/s00270-014-1049-0)
Authors: Johann Jakob Wendler
Markus Porsch
Frank Fischbach
Maciej Pech
Martin Schostak
Uwe-Bernd Liehr
Publication date: 01-08-2015
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology / Issue 4/2015
Print ISSN: 0174-1551
Electronic ISSN: 1432-086X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-015-1096-1

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Letter to the Editor Concerning “Irreversible Electroporation (IRE) Fails to Demonstrate Efficacy in a Prospective Multicenter Phase II Trial on Lung Malignancies: The ALICE Trial” by Ricke et al. 2015 (doi:10.1007/s00270-014-1049-0)

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