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RFA with a Cool-Tip Electrode in Early Breast Cancer

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These studies were supported in part by a Grant for Project Promoting Clinical Trials for Developing of New Drugs and Medical Devices from the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED).

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Kinoshita, T. (2016). RFA with a Cool-Tip Electrode in Early Breast Cancer. In: Kinoshita, T. (eds) Non-surgical Ablation Therapy for Early-stage Breast Cancer. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54463-0_12

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