Local ablations improve survival, even in disseminated cases

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Local ablations improve survival, even in disseminated cases

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A new study from the French Sarcoma Group found that "Local ablative treatment seemed to improve the overall survival of the patients who presented with oligometastatic sarcomas"

Effect on Survival of Local Ablative Treatment of Metastases from Sarcomas: A Study of the French Sarcoma Group.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25300878
the hazard ratio was reduced by 0.47 using these local ablative treatment. This article can be used for the insurance appeals.
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