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    Interventional procedure overview of radiofrequency ablation for palliation of painful spinal metastases

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    A prospective observational study of 65 patients with painful spinal metastases in the thoracolumbar spine (T1-L5) following targeted radiofrequency ablation (t-RFA) treatment with the STAR™ Tumor Ablation System, follow up 12 months, outcome measures are pain relief and quality of life improvement; location USA, study completion date March 2017; status: study was terminated due to difficulty enrolling.References

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