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Laser procedure kills small liver tumors

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Hepatocellular carcinoma is the most common type of liver cancer and often results from a hepatitis B or C infection. It usually is treated with surgical resection or liver transplantation. However, because most of these tumors are unsuitable for surgery at the time of diagnosis, ultrasound-guided percutaneous ablation with ethanol injection or with radio frequency are becoming increasingly popular alternative treatments. However, ethanol injection can take multiple sessions to completely kill the tumor, and radio frequency often is associated with complications Dr. Vincenzo Arienti and...Read full article

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    Published: May 2008
    Basic ScienceBiophotonicsFrom The ClinicHepatocellular carcinomaliver cancersurgeryLasers

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