Radiofrequency Ablation in the Treatment of Pelvic Recurrence of Rectal Cancer

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 50, Issue 54, 2003, Pages 1937-1939

  Kalil, Antonio Nocchi ^a,b   Santarosa, Fábio ^a   Cunha, Lenine ^a   Beck, Plauto ^a   Riccardi, Felice ^a   Cruz, José Vinícius ^a   Vinholes, Jeferson ^a  

^a HOSPITAL SANTA RITA   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Pelvic recurrence; Radiofrequency ablation; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; FLUOROURACIL; IRINOTECAN; OXALIPLATIN; RAUTITREXAT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSCESS; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG RESPONSE; EDEMA; FOLLOW UP; GENERATOR; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MECHANICAL PROBE; PAIN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PELVIS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; SACRUM; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR NECROSIS;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PELVIC NEOPLASMS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RECTUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0344530500     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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