Extracorporeal high intensity focused ultrasound ablation in the treatment of patients with large hepatocellular carcinoma

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1061-1069

  Wu, Feng ^a   Wang, Zhi Biao ^a   Chen, Wen Zhi ^a   Zhu, Hui ^a   Bai, Jin ^a   Zou, Jian Zhong ^a   Li, Ke Quan ^a   Jin, Cheng Bing ^a   Xie, Fang Lin ^a   Su, Hai Bing ^a  

^a CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Hepatocellular carcinoma; High intensity focused ultrasound; Thermal ablation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL RUPTURE; BURN; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTESTINE PERFORATION; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SAFETY; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR BLEEDING; TUMOR VOLUME; ULTRASOUND; VASCULAR TUMOR; ECHOGRAPHY; LIVER TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 16644364409     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/ASO.2004.02.026     Document Type: Article

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