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Medtronic offers radiofrequency ablation to help treat painful bone tumors. Patients with metastatic bone cancer may be treated with conventional therapies such as opioids, chemotherapy, or radiation therapy for pain palliation. With OsteoCoolTM RF Ablation, physicians can address pain associated with metastatic bone tumors when conventional therapies aren’t effective, are too slow acting, or cause unacceptable side effects.1
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