Sacrum colon-rectal cancer metastasis: microwave ablation for palliative pain treatment.
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چکیده
Local treatment of bone metastasis (BM) remains controversial in colon-rectum carcinoma for pain control. A patient developed a sacrum BM 4years after a left colectomy for an adenocarcinoma. Metastasis was treated in one session of CT-guided microwave ablation showing good pain control immediately after and on follow-up at four months.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Recenti progressi in medicina
دوره 107 12 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2016