A new method of thermoablation with hot water vapour for localized tumours

Hiltbrand, Emile; Belenger, Jacques; Binzoni, Tiziano; Buchegger, Franz; Costa, Marisa; Mehier, H

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A new method of thermoablation with hot water vapour for localized tumours

ContributorsHiltbrand, Emile; Belenger, Jacques; Binzoni, Tiziano; Buchegger, Franz; Costa, Marisa; Mehier, H

Published inAnticancer research, vol. 24, no. 5A, p. 2757-2763

Publication date2004

Abstract

A new method of thermoablation with hot water vapour based on a new type of microtube was developed. This approach allows tumours, with volume and anatomical positions not accessible to other techniques (cryoablation, radiofrequency ablation, laser ablation) to be treated.

Keywords

Animals
Catheter Ablation/methods
Colonic Neoplasms/surgery
Hot Temperature
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Mice
Mice, Nude
Swine
Volatilization
Water
Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays

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Research groups

Groupe Binzoni Tiziano (radiologie) (234)

Citation (ISO format)

HILTBRAND, Emile et al. A new method of thermoablation with hot water vapour for localized tumours. In: Anticancer research, 2004, vol. 24, n° 5A, p. 2757–2763.

Article (Published version)

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PID : unige:91049
PMID : 15517882

ISSN of the journal0250-7005

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A new method of thermoablation with hot water vapour for localized tumours

A new method of thermoablation with hot water vapour based on a new type of microtube was developed. This approach allows tumours, with volume and anatomical positions not accessible to other techniques (cryoablation, radiofrequency ablation, laser ablation) to be treated.

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