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Radiofrequency Thermal Ablation of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

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Multi-Treatment Modalities of Liver Tumours

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Minimally invasive percutaneous therapies, such as percutaneous ethanol injection (PEI) or interstitial hyperthermia obtained by radiofrequency (RF) have now been accepted by many groups as first step treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in cirrhosis’, taking into account the surgical risk and the very high recurrence rate, which are characteristic of this tumour.

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    Luigi Buscarini & Elisabetta Buscarini

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    Nagy A. Habib (Faculty of Medicine) (Faculty of Medicine)

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Buscarini, L., Buscarini, E. (2002). Radiofrequency Thermal Ablation of Hepatocellular Carcinoma. In: Habib, N.A. (eds) Multi-Treatment Modalities of Liver Tumours. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0547-1_10

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