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References for Radiofrequency Thermal Ablation as Tumor Therapy

An Overview for the Oncology Team

Bradford J. Wood, M.D., is clinical investigator and staff interventional radiologist at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Diagnostic Radiology Department, Special Procedures Division, in Bethesda, Md. He is also clinical associate at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Mass. Mary T. Winkler is research intern at the NIH Clinical Center, Diagnostic Radiology Department. She is also a third-year medical student at George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, D.C.

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