Hepatic cryosurgery in treating colorectal metastases
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Experimental and clinical observations on hepatic cryosurgery for colorectal metastases.
Cryosurgery, using liquid nitrogen at -196 degrees C, was explored for treating colorectal liver metastases in an experimental study of rat colon cancer and in a clinical investigation of patients with unresectable liver tumors. The viability of rat colon cancer isografts showed that while two or three freeze-thaw cycles were 100% effective in controlling established isografts and preventing is...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cancer
سال: 1995
ISSN: 0008-543X,1097-0142
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(19950715)76:2<210::aid-cncr2820760208>3.0.co;2-s