Techniques for Radiofrequency Ablation of Head and Neck Tumors

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 52-56

  Owen, Randall P ^a,b   Silver, Carl E ^a   Ravikumar, Thanjavur S ^a   Brook, Allan ^a   Bello, Jacqueline ^a   Breining, Dwayne ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CASE STUDY; CATHETER ABLATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAXILLA SINUS CARCINOMA; MOUTH CARCINOMA; OROPHARYNX CARCINOMA; RECURRENT CANCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; TISSUE NECROSIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CATHETER ABLATION; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MAXILLARY SINUS NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0347004533     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.130.1.52     Document Type: Article

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