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Technical success, technique efficacy and complications of minimally-invasive imaging-guided percutaneous ablation procedures of breast cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Giovanni MauriLuca Maria SconfienzaLorenzo Carlo PescatoriMaria Paola FedeliMarco AlìGiovanni Di LeoFrancesco Sardanelli
Published in: European radiology (2017)
• Imaging-guided ablation techniques for breast cancer are 96% technically successful. • Overall technique efficacy rate is 75% but largely inhomogeneous among studies. • Overall major and minor complication rates are low (6-8%).
Keyphrases
  • minimally invasive
  • high resolution
  • radiofrequency ablation
  • risk factors
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