Open AccessAn experimental protocol for in situ colorectal liver metastases ablation by radiofrequency toward a standard procedure
Author(s) -
Daniel Gonganau-Nitu,
Radu Razvan Scurtu,
Calin Gheorghe Precup,
Constantin Ciuce
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/jcrt.jcrt_344_17
Subject(s) - rf ablation , medicine , ablation , radiofrequency ablation , radio frequency , colorectal cancer , liver parenchyma , liver cancer , cancer , surgery , urology , radiology , telecommunications , computer science
Radiofrequency ablation (RF) is already a viable alternative to surgical resection for focal liver tumors treatment. The use of RF ablation in combination with surgery or chemotherapy and the large panel of RF tools need new experimental models to develop new opportunities for this kind of therapy.