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A Place for Radiofrequency Ablation in the Treatment of Resectable Colorectal Liver Metastases?

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  1. Department of Surgery, Leopold Park Clinic, Brussels, Belgium

    Stefaan Mulier MD

  2. The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Department of Surgery, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Theo Ruers MD, PhD

  3. Department of Surgery, University Hospital Mont-Godinne, Yvoir, Belgium

    Luc Michel MD

  4. Department of Biostatistics, University Hospital Mont-Godinne, Yvoir, Belgium

    Jacques Jamart MD

  5. Department of Radiology, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium

    Guy Marchal MD, PhD & Yicheng Ni MD, PhD

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Mulier, S., Ruers, T., Michel, L. et al. A Place for Radiofrequency Ablation in the Treatment of Resectable Colorectal Liver Metastases? . Ann Surg Oncol 15, 2064–2065 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-008-9951-9

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