Radiofrequency Ablation for Pulmonary Metastases from Gastrointestinal Cancers
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[Radiofrequency ablation of liver metastases].
The liver is the second only to lymph nodes as the most common site of metastatic disease irrespective of the primary tumor. Up to 50% of all patients with malignant diseases will develop liver metastases with a significant morbidity and mortality. Although the surgical resection leads to an improvement of the survival time, only approximately 20% of the patients are eligible for surgical inter...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1341-1098,2186-1005
DOI: 10.5761/atcs.ra.13-00343