Radiofrequency ablation followed by resection of malignant liver tumors

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 177, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 411-417

  Scudamore, Charles H ^a,b   Lee, Shung I ^a   Patterson, Emma J ^a   Buczkowski, Andrzej K ^a   July, Laura V ^a   Chung, Stephen W ^a   Buckley, Anne R ^a   Ho, Stephen G F ^a   Owen, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; LIVER RESECTION; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR NECROSIS;

AGED; CATHETER ABLATION; CELL DEATH; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033136643     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(99)00068-9     Document Type: Article

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