SIR: Ablation of Chest Wall Tumors Eases Intractable Pain - CME Teaching Brief - MedPage Today
TORONTO, April 4 -Minimally invasive ablation of chest wall tumors, alone or combined with radiation, can dramatically reduce pain in terminally ill cancer patients, investigators reported here.
The procedure may even improve survival, said Damian Dupuy, M.D., of Brown Medical School in Providence, R.I., at the Society of Interventional Radiology meeting.
"The key finding of this study is that image-guided ablation therapy can significantly improve patient symptoms caused by chest wall cancer," Dr. Dupuy told reporters.
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