Experiments on physical ablation of long bone using microwave ablation; defining optimal settings using ex- and in-vivo experiments.

<h4>Background</h4>Improved survival of cancer patients leads to more skeletal metastatic lesions that need local therapies for tumor control and pain relief. Not all tumors are radiosensitive and alternative therapies are direly needed. Microwave ablation (MWA) is a technique for minima...

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Main Authors: Hendricus Nijland, Jinwen Zhu, Thomas Kwee, Dingjun Hao, Paul Jutte
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0284027