Clinical application and developmental trend of radiofrequency ablation technology
- VernacularTitle:射频消融技术临床应用与发展趋势
- Author:
Dong-Feng CHEN
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- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
radiofrequency ablation;
current status;
progress;
neoplasm
- From:
Journal of Interventional Radiology
2001;0(05):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
For recent two decades,radiofrequency ablation technology has made great progress in the field of the treatment for neoplasm.At the very beginning,radiofrequency ablation was adopted in treating the hepatic carcinoma,and since then it has been gradually practiced in treating malignancies of lung,bone,kidney,breast,prostate and other solid tumors.Statistical report of the year 2008 has indicated that in the aspect of similar therapeutic measures radiofrequency ablation therapy for tumors holds a 9% market share.Moreover,in the coming years the clinical use of this kind of therapy for tumors will be steadily increasing by 13% every year.
