Radiofrequency ablation of recurrent cholangiocarcinoma after orthotopic liver transplantation - A case report

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 612-613

  Rai, Rakesh ^a,b   Manas, Derek ^a   Rose, John ^a  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cholangiocarcinoma; Orthotopic liver transplantation; Radiofrequency ablation; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; DOXORUBICIN; EPIRUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; MITOMYCIN C; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOTOPIC TRANSPLANTATION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECURRENT CANCER; SAFETY;

EID: 13244275235     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i4.612     Document Type: Article

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