Predictors of survival after radiofrequency thermal ablation of colorectal cancer metastases to the liver: A prospective study

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1358-1364

  Berber, Eren ^a   Pelley, Robert ^a   Siperstein, Allan E ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIVER METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUMOR VOLUME; ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; BLOOD; CATHETER ABLATION; COLORECTAL TUMOR; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER TUMOR; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CATHETER ABLATION; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 14944385383     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2005.12.039     Document Type: Article

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