Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation of small hepatocellular carcinoma: Long-term results

European Radiology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 914-921

  Buscarini, L ^a   Buscarini, E ^a   Di Stasi, M ^a   Vallisa, D ^a   Quaretti, P ^a   Rocca, A ^a  

^a GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dynamic contrast CT; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Radiofrequency ablation; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COMPLICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER NODULE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME; ULTRASOUND;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034879778     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003300000659     Document Type: Article

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