Laser hyperthermia and radiofrequency ablation of hepatic lesions

Seminars in Interventional Radiology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 313-324

  LeVeen, Robert F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Interstitial hyperthermia; Interstitial therapy; Lasers; Liver neoplasms; Radiofrequency ablation; Therapy

Indexed keywords

CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; LASER SURGERY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; REVIEW; TUMOR NECROSIS;

EID: 0030768836     PISSN: 07399529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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