FDA Workshop Weighs Breast Cancer Ablation Benefits, Trial Protocol Issues
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Stakeholders debating appropriate feasibility study protocol for image-guided thermal ablation of early-stage breast cancer are cautioning that increased use of advanced imaging for the procedures may counter some of the anticipated cost benefits
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