Radiofrequency ablation of unresectable primary and metastatic hepatic malignancies: Results in 123 patients

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 230, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-8

  Curley, Steven A ^a   Izzo, Francesco ^b   Delrio, Paolo ^b   Ellis, Lee M ^a   Granchi, Jennifer ^a   Vallone, Paolo ^b   Fiore, Francesco ^b   Pignata, Sandro ^b   Daniele, Bruno ^b   Cremona, Francesco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER CANCER; LIVER METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR CELL DESTRUCTION; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIATHERMY; ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0033506448     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-199907000-00001     Document Type: Article

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