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Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation of painful osseous metastases

A multicenter American College of Radiology Imaging Network trial

  1. Damian E. Dupuy MD1,†,*,
  2. Dawei Liu PhD2,3,
  3. Donna Hartfeil RN4,
  4. Lucy Hanna MS, MAT2,
  5. Jeffrey D. Blume PhD2,5,
  6. Kamran Ahrar MD6,
  7. Robert Lopez MD7,
  8. Howard Safran MD8,
  9. Thomas DiPetrillo MD9

Article first published online: 29 DEC 2009

DOI: 10.1002/cncr.24837

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Cancer

Cancer

Volume 116, Issue 4, pages 989–997, 15 February 2010

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Dupuy, D. E., Liu, D., Hartfeil, D., Hanna, L., Blume, J. D., Ahrar, K., Lopez, R., Safran, H. and DiPetrillo, T. (2010), Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation of painful osseous metastases. Cancer, 116: 989–997. doi: 10.1002/cncr.24837

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  1. 1

    Department of Diagnostic Imaging, the Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island

  2. 2

    Center for Statistical Sciences, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island

  3. 3

    Department of Biostatistics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa

  4. 4

    American College of Radiology Imaging Network, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  5. 5

    Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee

  6. 6

    Department of Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas

  7. 7

    Department of Radiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama

  8. 8

    Department of Hematology/Oncology, the Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island

  9. 9

    Department of Radiation Medicine, the Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island

  1. †

    Fax: (401) 444-5017

*Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Rhode Island Hospital, 593 Eddy Street, Providence, RI 02903

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 2 FEB 2010
  2. Article first published online: 29 DEC 2009
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 15 JUN 2009
  4. Manuscript Revised: 4 JUN 2009
  5. Manuscript Received: 20 MAR 2009

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