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Treatment of esophageal tumors using high intensity intraluminal ultrasound: first clinical results

BACKGROUND: Esophageal tumors generally bear a poor prognosis. Radical surgery is generally the only curative method available but is not feasible in the majority of patients; palliative therapy with stent placement is generally performed. It has been demonstrated that High Intensity Ultrasound can...

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Autores principales: Melodelima, David, Prat, Frederic, Fritsch, Jacques, Theillere, Yves, Cathignol, Dominique
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2430546/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18533990
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1479-5876-6-28