Hepatic metastases: Percutaneous radio-frequency ablation with cooled- tip electrodes

Radiology

Volumn 205, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 367-373

  Solbiati, Luigi ^a   Goldberg, S Nahum ^b   Ierace, Tiziana ^a   Livraghi, Tito ^c   Meloni, Franca ^c   Dellanoce, Marina ^a   Sironi, Sandro ^d   Gazelle, G Scott ^b  

^a Ospedale Generale Provinciale   (Italy)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Ospedale Civile   (Italy)

^d SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Liver neoplasms, secondary; Liver neoplasms, therapy; Radiofrequency (RF) ablation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER SURVIVAL; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH CANCER;

EID: 0030716463     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.205.2.9356616     Document Type: Article

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