Hepatocellular carcinoma: Long-term results of combined treatment with laser thermal ablation and transcatheter arterial chemoembolizationi

Radiology

Volumn 219, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 669-678

  Pacella, Claudio M ^a   Bizzarri, Giancarlo ^a   Cecconi, Pietro ^b   Caspani, Bruno ^b   Magnolfi, Fabrizio ^c   Bianchini, Antonio ^a   Anelli, Vincenzo ^a   Pacella, Sara ^a   Rossi, Zaccaria ^a  

^a REGINA APOSTOLORUM HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b SANT ANNA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c St Donato Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lasers, interstitial therapy, 761.1299; Liver neoplasms, 761.323; Liver neoplasms, chemotherapeutic embolization, 761.1266, 761.323; Liver neoplasms, therapy, 761.1266, 761.1299, 761.323; Liver, interventional procedures, 761.1299

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; NEODYMIUM LASER; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR NECROSIS; YAG LASER;

EID: 0035008816     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.219.3.r01ma02669     Document Type: Article

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