Combined transcatheter arterial chemoembolization and percutaneous ethanol injection for the treatment of large hepatocellular carcinoma: Local therapeutic effect and long-term survival rate

European Radiology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 439-444

  Lencioni, R ^a   Paolicchi, A ^a   Moretti, M ^a   Pinto, F ^a   Armillotta, N ^a   Di Giulio, M ^a   Cicorelli, A ^a   Donati, F ^a   Cioni, D ^a   Bartolozzi, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Liver neoplasms; Liver neoplasms, therapy; Liver, interventional procedure

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ANTIBIOTIC; EPIRUBICIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRALESIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; REMISSION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS; AGED; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTINEOPLASTIC; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EPIRUBICIN; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REMISSION INDUCTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031606091     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003300050409     Document Type: Article

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