## Abstract The purpose of this preliminary study was to evaluate whether laserβinduced interstitial thermotherapy (LITT) may be used for palliative treatment of localized hepatocellular carcinomas (HCC). We applied LITT to two patients suffering from unresectable localized hepatocellular carcinoma
Clinical experience with ultrasound thermotherapy
β Scribed by C. Marchal
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 306 KB
- Volume
- 30
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0041-624X
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