Interstitial laser hyperthermia: A new approach for treating liver metastases

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1992, Pages 518-522

  Masters, A ^a   Steger, C ^a   Lees, W R ^a   Walmsley, K M ^a   Bown, S G ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; LASER SURGERY; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER RESECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR NECROSIS;

AGED; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; LASERS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGE; NECROSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0026795452     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1992.305     Document Type: Article

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