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Editorial
. 2020 Aug;9(4):522-525.
doi: 10.21037/hbsn.2019.11.22.

The rapidly expanding role of thermal ablation in the treatment of colorectal liver metastases

Martijn R Meijerink  1 , M Petrousjka van den Tol  2 , Robbert S Puijk  1
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Editorial

The rapidly expanding role of thermal ablation in the treatment of colorectal liver metastases

Martijn R Meijerink et al. Hepatobiliary Surg Nutr. 2020 Aug.
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Conflicts of Interest: All authors have completed the ICMJE uniform disclosure form (available at http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/hbsn.2019.11.22). Investigator Sponsored Research (ISR) grant by Medtronic PLC. The funders had no role in the design of the study, the collection, analysis or interpretation of the data, the writing of the manuscript, or the decision to submit the manuscript for publication.

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