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Palliation of Painful Metastatic Disease Involving Bone With Imaging-Guided Treatment: Comparison of Patients' Immediate Response to Radiofrequency Ablation and Cryoablation

Paul G. Thacker, Matthew R. Callstrom, Timothy B. Curry, Jayawant N. Mandrekar, Thomas D. Atwell, Matthew P. Goetz, Joseph Rubin

American Journal of Roentgenology · 2011 · 153 citations · 23 references

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Abstract

The use of cryoablation compared with RFA is associated with a greater reduction in analgesic dose and shorter hospital stays after the procedure in the perioperative time frame.

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Undertreatment of Medical Inpatients with Narcotic Analgesics

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Physician Attitudes and Practice in Cancer Pain Management: A Survey From the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group

Jamie H. Von Roenn · Annals of Internal Medicine · 1993 · 825 citations

Percutaneous Image-Guided Radiofrequency Ablation of Painful Metastases Involving Bone: A Multicenter Study

Matthew P. Goetz, Matthew R. Callstrom, J. William Charboneau et al. · Journal of Clinical Oncology · 2004 · 602 citations · Full text