Small hepatocellular carcinoma in cirrhosis: Randomized comparison of radio-frequency thermal ablation versus percutaneous ethanol injection

Radiology

Volumn 228, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 235-240

  Lencioni, Riccardo A ^a   Allgaier, Hans Peter ^b   Cioni, Dania ^a   Olschewski, Manfred ^b   Deibert, Peter ^b   Crocetti, Laura ^a   Frings, Holger ^b   Laubenberger, Joerg ^b   Zuber, Ina ^b   Blum, Hubert E ^b   Bartolozzi, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Alcohol ablation; Liver neoplasms; Liver, cirrhosis; Liver, interventional procedures; Radiofrequency (RF) ablation

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0038714350     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2281020718     Document Type: Article

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