Treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma using percutaneous radiofrequency thermoablation: Results and outcomes in 56 patients

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 791-796

  Giovannini, Marc ^a   Moutardier, Vincent ^a   Danisi, Carcline ^a   Bories, Erwan ^a   Pesenti, Christian ^a   Delpéro, Jean Robert ^a  

^a INSTITUT PAOLI CALMETTES   (France)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Percutaneous treatment; Radiofrequency thermoablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER INJURY; LIVER NODULE; LUNG CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RADIATION; RADIOFREQUENCY THERMOABLATION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

EID: 0041333022     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1091-255X(03)00112-4     Document Type: Article

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