Radiofrequency treatment better than ethanol injection for small liver tumours

A new review of four randomised controlled trials that directly compared two different treatments for small inoperable liver tumours has found that radiofrequency ablation (RFA) significantly improves patient survival compared to the standard therapy of percutaneous ethanol injection (PEI). These findings are in the February issue of Hepatology, a journal published by John Wiley and Sons on behalf of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD). The article is also available online at Wiley Interscience...

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