Percutaneous US-guided radiofrequency ablation of hepatocellular carcinomas: Results in 15 patients

Anticancer Research

Volumn 21, Issue 1 B, 2001, Pages 739-742

  Poggi, G ^a   Gatti, C ^a   Cupella, F ^a   Fiori, M ^a   Avanza, F ^a   Baldi, M ^a  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver interventional procedure; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CELL KILLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMOPERITONEUM; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PLEURAL EFFUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 0035065002     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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