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What is the long-term survival benefit of radiofrequency ablation in patients with colorectal liver metastases?

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boxed-textSiperstein AE et al. (2007) Survival after radiofrequency ablation of colorectal liver metastases: 10-year experience. Ann Surg 246: 559–567

Patients with hepatic metastatic disease from colorectal cancer must be considered for radiofrequency ablation if surgical resection is precluded

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  1. Division of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Department of Oncology, University of Pisa, Via Roma 67, IT-56126 Pisa, Italy lencioni@med.unipi.it

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Lencioni, R. What is the long-term survival benefit of radiofrequency ablation in patients with colorectal liver metastases?. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 5, 246–247 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpgasthep1103

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