Percutaneous US-guided radio-frequency tissue ablation of liver metastases: Treatment and follow-up in 16 patients

Radiology

Volumn 202, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 195-203

  Solbiati, Luigi ^a   Ierace, Tiziana ^a   Goldberg, S Nahum ^b   Sironi, Sandro ^c   Livraghi, Tito ^d   Fiocca, Roberto ^e   Servadio, Giorgio ^a   Rizzatto, Giorgio ^f   Mueller, Peter R ^b   Del Maschio, Alessandro ^c   Gazelle, G Scott ^b  

^a GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d Ospedale Civile   (Italy)

^e FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^f Ospedale Generale   (Italy)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION;

EID: 0031012182     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.202.1.8988211     Document Type: Article

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