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Ablative therapies in adrenal tumors: Primary and metastatic
Author(s) -
Pua Bradley B.,
Solomon Stephen B.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of surgical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.201
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1096-9098
pISSN - 0022-4790
DOI - 10.1002/jso.23191
Subject(s) - medicine , ablative case , thermal ablation , surgical resection , cancer , ablation , primary tumor , radiology , surgery , metastasis , radiation therapy
A large number of adrenal tumors are now identified either incidentally or associated with a metastatic workup for cancer. While the vast majority of these lesions are benign, those that prove to be primary or secondary cancers are traditionally treated with surgical resection. A wide variety of alternative, less invasive therapies exist. One of these, thermal ablation, is examined herein. J. Surg. Oncol. 2012; 106:626–631. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.