Percutaneous treatment of hepatic neoplasms: A review of current techniques

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 273-296

  De Sanctis, Julia Tucker ^a   Goldberg, S Nahum ^a   Mueller, Peter R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ALCOHOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; INTRALESIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LASER COAGULATION; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER TUMOR; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

ACETIC ACID; ANIMALS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CLINICAL TRIALS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL; LASER COAGULATION; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE;

EID: 0031826731     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002709900263     Document Type: Review

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