Standards for selecting percutaneous ethanol injection therapy or percutaneous microwave coagulation therapy for solitary small hepatocellular carcinoma: Consideration of local recurrence

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1914-1917

  Horigome, Hideo ^a   Nomura, Tomoyuki ^a   Saso, Katsuhisa ^a   Itoh, Prof Makoto ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRATUMORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLEROTHERAPY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0033015908     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.1999.01230.x     Document Type: Article

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