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Thermal therapy has been established as a non- or minimally invasive approach for the treatment of tumors alternative to surgical resection. Techniques used for thermal treatment include RF, laser, therapeutic ultrasound and microwaves. During a thermal therapy tissue is heated locally up to above 60° C. Cancerous tissue can thus be destroyed by coagulation.
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Siebers, S., Scheipers, U., Welp, C., Werner, J., Ermert, H. (2004). Ultrasound Based Methods for Monitoring of Thermal Therapies. In: Arnold, W., Hirsekorn, S. (eds) Acoustical Imaging. Acoustical Imaging, vol 27. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-2402-3_82
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