Seminars in Oncology
Volume 29, Issue 2 , Pages 192-195 , April 2002

Percutaneous alcohol ablation for liver metastasis

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☆ Address reprint requests to Marc Giovannini, MD, Chief of the Oncology Unit 1 and Endoscopic Unit, Paoli-Calmettes Institute, 232 Bd St-Marguerite, 13273 Marseilles Cedex 9, France.

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doi: 10.1053/sonc.2002.31677

Seminars in Oncology
Volume 29, Issue 2 , Pages 192-195 , April 2002

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