Chemotherapy and radiation therapy are ineffective against primary and secondary malignant hepatic tumors. Surgical resection has been considered the only potentially curative option, but few patients with hepatic tumors are candidates for surgery. Recent results suggest that radiofrequency thermal
Percutaneous ultrasound-guided radiofrequency ablation of liver tumors
β Scribed by Buscarini, Luigi ;Buscarini, Elisabetta
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 21 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1074-3022
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