New techniques of tumor ablation (microwaves, electroporation)].

Since the introduction of radiofrequency tumor ablation of liver tumors in the late 1990s, local destructive therapies have been applied to lung, renal and bone lesions. In addition, new techniques have been introduced to compensate for the limitations of radiofrequency ablation, namely the reduced rate of complete ablation for tumors larger than 3 cm and tumors near vessels larger than 3 mm. Microwave ablation is currently evolving rapidly. While it is a technique based on thermal ablation similar to radiofrequency ablation, there are significant differences between both techniques. Electroporation, of interest because of the non-thermal nature of the ablation process, also is under evaluation. Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Masson SAS and Éditions françaises de radiologie. All rights reserved.

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T de Baere. New techniques of tumor ablation (microwaves, electroporation)]. Journal de radiologie. 2011 Sep;92(9):789-95

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