Radiofrequency ablation: A minimally invasive technique with multiple applications

Cancer Journal from Scientific American

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 356-361

  Bilchik, Anton J ^a,b   Rose, D Michael ^a,b   Allegra, David P ^b   Bostick, Peter J ^a,b   Hsueh, Eddy ^a,b   Morton, Donald L ^a  

^a JOHN WAYNE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Centry City Doctors Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatic malignancies; Intraoperative ultrasound; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; SEROTONIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYOSURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CARCINOMA; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER METASTASIS; MALE; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; PEROPERATIVE ECHOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIO WAVES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033395054     PISSN: 10814442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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