Radiofrequency ablation of the liver: how do we do it.
Radiofrequency ablation is a minimally invasive cancer treatment used as an alternative for unresectable hepatic malignancies. Tumor ablation implies direct application of thermal or chemical therapies on a specific focal tumor. The aim of radiofrequency ablation is a total eradication of the tumor or at least a substantial tumor destruction. The thermal energy can be heat (radiofrequency, laser, microwave,...) or cold (cryoablation).
Vandenbroucke
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Department of Radiology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Belgium.
Ilsen
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Craggs
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Op de Beeck
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de Mey
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D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000379:methods*; D003287:Contrast Media; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D053783:Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Interventional / Q000379:methods; D015641:Radiography, Interventional / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D003287:Contrast Media