Evaluation of radiofrequency ablation as an alternative for the treatment of brain tumor in rabbits

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 119-126

  Miao, Yi ^a,b   Ni, Yicheng ^a   Yu, Jie ^a   Zhang, Hao ^a   Marchal, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Animals; Brain neoplasm; Histopathology; Magnetic resonance imaging; Minimally invasive therapies; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRAIN CANCER; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; ELECTRODE; ERADICATION THERAPY; HISTOLOGY; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RABBIT; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THERMAL EXPOSURE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM TRANSPLANTATION; RABBITS;

EID: 0036204757     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014538011293     Document Type: Article

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