TOKYO, July 7 (Bernama) -- University specialists have started conducting research on two surgical methods currently available to deal with hepatoma, a tumor of the liver that is common in East Asian patients, Japan's Kyodo news agency reported.
The study conducted beginning this year by specialists at the University of Tokyo and others is to compare conventional surgical techniques to remove cancerous tissues from the liver in early development with radiofrequency ablation, or RFA, a medical procedure in which surgeons insert a needle into the liver to destroy the abnormal tumor or tissues by heat.
Many liver cancer patients are said to be in East Asia but in many instances the disease is reported to have been discovered in its early development in Japan.
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