Ethanol injection versus radiofrequency ablation for hepatocellular carcinoma: Which is better? [4]

Gastroenterology

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 806-807

  Huo, Teh Ia ^a   Lee, Shou Dong ^a   Wu, Jaw Ching ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LONG TERM CARE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; CATHETER ABLATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INTRALESIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER TUMOR; NOTE;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; ETHANOL; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL; LIVER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 15744372306     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2005.01.026     Document Type: Letter

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