Percutaneous cryoablation in combination with ethanol injection for unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2686-2689

  Xu, Ke Cheng ^a   Niu, Li Zhi ^a   He, Wei Bin ^a   Guo, Zi Qian ^a   Hu, Yi Ze ^a   Zuo, Jian Sheng ^a  

^a Fuda Cancer Hospital of Guangzhou   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ARGON;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOSURGERY; DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREEZING; HUMAN; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TUMOR; LUNG METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERCUTANEOUS CRYOABLATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; SAFETY; SURVIVAL; THAWING; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BIOPSY;

EID: 0348228050     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v9.i12.2686     Document Type: Article

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