# OnCo record microwave-rf-ablation (technology). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)". Whole corpus: https://onco.cc/api/v1/onco.nt
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<https://onco.cc/technologies/microwave-rf-ablation/>
  a schema:MedicalTherapy ;
  onco:kind "technology" ;
  schema:identifier "microwave-rf-ablation" ;
  schema:name "Microwave and radiofrequency ablation systems"@en ;
  schema:description "Cooking a tumour from the inside through a needle. Radiofrequency current was the first method and is proven for small liver cancers; microwave energy heats faster, makes larger zones and is less troubled by nearby blood vessels carrying the heat away, so it is now the more common choice."@en ;
  schema:url <https://onco.cc/technologies/microwave-rf-ablation/> ;
  schema:dateModified "2026-09-17"^^xsd:date ;
  schema:sameAs <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microwave_ablation> ;
  schema:citation <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microwave_ablation>, <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiofrequency_ablation> ;
  onco:status "standard-of-care" ;
  onco:tag "machines-wave" ;
  onco:related <https://onco.cc/terms/cryoablation/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/irreversible-electroporation/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/hifu-histotripsy/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/sbrt/> ;
  onco:cancers <https://onco.cc/cancers/hcc/>, <https://onco.cc/cancers/colorectal/>, <https://onco.cc/cancers/rcc/>, <https://onco.cc/cancers/nsclc/>, <https://onco.cc/cancers/thyroid/> ;
  onco:sections <https://onco.cc/fronts/surgery/>, <https://onco.cc/fronts/devices/> ;
  onco:technologies <https://onco.cc/technologies/thermal-ablation/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/ultrasound/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/ct/> ;
  onco:companies <https://onco.cc/companies/medtronic/>, <https://onco.cc/companies/johnson-johnson/>, <https://onco.cc/companies/angiodynamics/> .