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Radiofrequency Ablation of Cancer

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Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) has been used for over 18 years for treatment of nerve-related chronic pain and cardiac arrhythmias. In the last 10 years, technical developments have increased ablation volumes in a controllable, versatile, and relatively inexpensive manner. The host of clinical applications for RFA have similarly expanded. Current RFA equipment, techniques, applications, results, complications, and research avenues for local tumor ablation are summarized.

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  1. Diagnostic Radiology Department, Special Procedures Division, National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center, Bethesda, MD, 20892

    Marc Friedman, Igor Mikityansky, Anthony Kam, Ziv Neeman, Julia K. Locklin & Bradford J. Wood

  2. Diagnostic Radiology Department, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, 14642

    Igor Mikityansky

  3. Surgery Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892

    Steven K. Libutti & Bradford J. Wood

  4. Urologic Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, 20892

    McClellan M. Walther

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Friedman, M., Mikityansky, I., Kam, A. et al. Radiofrequency Ablation of Cancer. CVIR 27, 427–434 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-004-0062-0

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