Usefulness of intratoperative radiofrequency thermoablation of liver tumours associated or not with hepatectomy

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 763-769

  Elias, D ^a   Goharin, A ^a   El Otmany, A ^a   Taieb, J ^a   Duvillard, P ^a   Lasser, P ^a   De Baere, T ^a  

^a INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

Author keywords

Hepatectomy; Liver tumour; Radiofrequency; Thermoablation; Vascular clamping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURVIVAL; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY;

ADULT; AGED; CATHETER ABLATION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIATION; RECURRENCE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

EID: 0034353115     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ejso.2000.1000     Document Type: Article

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