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Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Successful tumor RFA using 4D real-time ultrasound system reported

Published in Cancer Weekly, August 16th, 2005

Successful radiofrequency ablation (RFA) using a novel ultrasound system has been reported in a hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patient.

In the journal Hepato-Gastroenterology, physicians in Japan described the treatment of a 62-year-old man with alcoholic liver disease "admitted to the department of otolaryngology in our hospital with sudden deafness in March 2003."

"The liver damage was pointed out due to the laboratory data on admission," N. Hotta and coauthors at Aichi Medical University wrote. "A liver tumor was identified on the subsequently performed CT scan and the patient was referred to another department at another ward for detailed...

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