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Thermal Ablation for the Treatment of Abdominal Tumors
Published on: March 7, 2011
The role of cryosurgery in palliative care for cancer
Lizhi Niu1, Liang Zhou2, Kecheng Xu2
1Guangzhou Fuda Cancer Hospital, Jinan University School of Medicine, No. 2 Tangdexi Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou 510305, China. niuboshi1966@yahoo.com.cn.
Abstract:
Cryosurgery as one of the ablation methods is performed intraoperatively, laparoscopically or percutaneously, is especially adapted for ablation of prostate cancer, liver cancer, lung cancer, kidney cancer, breast cancer, benign fibroadenomas of breast, uterine tumors and neoplasms of soft tissue. Compared with other ablation methods (such as radiofrequency and microwave ablation), cryoablation has several advantages on therapeutic efficacy, imaging guidance and modality.
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