Aggressive Recurrence after Radiofrequency Ablation of Liver Neoplasms

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 50, Issue 54, 2003, Pages 2179-2184

  Portolani, Nazario ^a   Tiberio, Guido Alberto Massimo ^a   Ronconi, Maurizio ^a   Coniglio, Arianna ^a   Ghidoni, Sara ^a   Gaverini, Giacomo ^a   Giulini, Stefano Maria ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b Spedali Civili di Brescia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hepatic cancer recurrence; Liver neoplasm; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; NONSURGICAL INVASIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PALLIATIVE CARE; RETREATMENT; RETROPERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0345392683     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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