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Breast Tumor Laser Ablation

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Breast cancer (BC) is the most frequent cancer in women. Nowadays, the quadrantectomy with complete axillary dissection followed by whole-breast irradiation has become the cornerstone of breast-conservative surgery. The next step in breast-conserving surgery could be local ablation of small breast carcinomas, provided that it is equally effective as lumpectomy, but with fewer complications and a better cosmetic outcome than a lumpectomy. In this chapter, authors discuss the application of laser ablation (LA) technique in breast for both malignant and benign lesions. The prospect of performing imaging-guided percutaneous treatment under local anesthesia in an outpatient treatment room is attractive for both patients and treating physicians and has the potential for substantial cost savings.

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  1. Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Interventional Radiology, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy

    Guglielmo Manenti, Tommaso Perretta & Rosaria Meucci

  2. Division of Interventional Radiology, European Institute of Oncology, IRCCS, Milan, Italy

    Giovanni Mauri

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  1. Department of Interventional Radiology, Ospedale Regina Apostolorum, Albano Laziale, Rome, Italy

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  2. Department of Ultrasound, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

    Tian'an Jiang

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Manenti, G., Mauri, G., Perretta, T., Meucci, R. (2020). Breast Tumor Laser Ablation. In: Pacella, C., Jiang, T., Mauri, G. (eds) Image-guided Laser Ablation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21748-8_10

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