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A significant number of patients (40%) with colorectal cancer will eventually develop hepatic metastases. Although curative treatment by resection is possible, this option is only eligible in about 15% of the patients. Therefore, other techniques to treat unresectable liver metastases have gained more and more interest.
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Joosten, J.J.A., Jager, G.J., Wobbes, T., Ruers, T.J.M. (2002). Cryosurgery in the Treatment of Colorectal Liver Metastases. In: Habib, N.A. (eds) Multi-Treatment Modalities of Liver Tumours. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0547-1_17
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