Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation of liver metastases in potential candidates for resection: The "test-of-time" approach

Cancer

Volumn 97, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 3027-3035

  Livraghi, Tito ^a   Solbiati, Luigi ^b   Meloni, Franca ^a   Ierace, Tiziana ^b   Goldberg, S Nahum ^c   Gazelle, G Scott ^d,e  

^a Ospedale Civile   (Italy)

^b Ospedale Generale   (Italy)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal carcinoma (CRC); Image guided therapy; Liver metastases; Radiofrequency (RF) ablation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CATHETER ABLATION; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

EID: 0037714532     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.11426     Document Type: Article

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