Radiofrequency thermal ablationof hepatic metastases

European Journal of Ultrasound

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 149-158

  Solbiati, Luigi ^a   Ierace, Tiziana ^a   Tonolini, Massimo ^a   Osti, Valeria ^a   Cova, Luca ^a  

^a GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Liver CT; Liver metastasis; Radiofrequency ablation; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

HOSPITALS; PATIENT TREATMENT; RADIOTHERAPY; SURGERY; TUMORS;

PERCUTANEOUS RADIOFREQUENCY (RF);

ONCOLOGY;

COLORECTAL CANCER; ELECTRODE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; INTESTINE PERFORATION; LIVER METASTASIS; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; RADIOFREQUENCY THERMAL ABLATION; RECURRENCE RISK; REVIEW; SURVIVAL TIME; TECHNOLOGY; TUMOR VOLUME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; COLORECTAL TUMOR; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; LIVER TUMOR; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHETER ABLATION; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PATIENT SELECTION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 0034743958     PISSN: 09298266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-8266(01)00127-6     Document Type: Review

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