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Main results: Our findings indicate significant variability in target temperatures due to uncertainties in these tissue properties (2.1\u2009\n \u2218<\/jats:sup>\n C\n \n \n \n <\/jats:tex-math>\n \n \n \n \n T<\/mml:mi>\n <\/mml:mrow>\n \n 90<\/mml:mn>\n <\/mml:mrow>\n <\/mml:msub>\n <\/mml:mrow>\n <\/mml:math>\n <\/jats:inline-formula>\n 95% confidence interval), further exacerbated by patient positioning errors (2.3\u2009\n \u2218<\/jats:sup>\n C\n \n \n \n <\/jats:tex-math>\n \n \n \n \n T<\/mml:mi>\n <\/mml:mrow>\n \n 90<\/mml:mn>\n <\/mml:mrow>\n <\/mml:msub>\n <\/mml:mrow>\n <\/mml:math>\n <\/jats:inline-formula>\n 95% confidence interval for 5\u2009mm positioning errors). Uncertainty in dielectric tissue properties causes the largest chunk of the variance (47%) in\n \n \n \n <\/jats:tex-math>\n \n \n \n \n T<\/mml:mi>\n <\/mml:mrow>\n \n 90<\/mml:mn>\n <\/mml:mrow>\n <\/mml:msub>\n <\/mml:mrow>\n <\/mml:math>\n <\/jats:inline-formula>\n followed by positioning errors (22%). 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