Radiofrequency ablation for malignant liver tumor

Surgical Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 41-52

  Ng, Kelvin K ^a   Poon, Ronnie T ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Ablation; Liver; Malignant; Radiofrequency; Tumor

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER TUMOR; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

EID: 15044360254     PISSN: 09607404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.suronc.2005.01.001     Document Type: Article

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