Clinical short-term results of radiofrequency ablation in primary and secondary liver tumors

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 177, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 303-306

  Jiao, Long R ^a   Hansen, Paul D ^b   Havlík, Roman ^a   Mitry, Ragai R ^a   Pignatelli, Massimo ^a   Habib, Nagy ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INOPERABLE CANCER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT;

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOLOGY, INTERVENTIONAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032916473     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(99)00043-4     Document Type: Article

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