Stage IV hepatocellular carcinoma with portal venous tumor thrombus: Complete response after combined therapy of repeated arterial chemoembolization and radiofrequency ablation [2]

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 406-409

  Zheng, Rong Qin ^a   Kudo, Masatoshi ^a   Minami, Yasunori ^a   Inui, Kanae ^a   Chung, Hobyung ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIRUBICIN; IODINATED POPPYSEED OIL; SHU 508;

ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR THROMBUS;

AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; PORTAL VEIN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0038528631     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005350300073     Document Type: Letter

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