Local ablation therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma: Current status and future perspectives

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 205-214

  Kudo, Masatoshi ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Interferon; Local ablation therapy; Radiofrequency ablation; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; INTERFERON;

ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ASCITES; BILE DUCT DISEASE; BILOMA; BLEEDING TENDENCY; BURN; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; DEATH; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM INJURY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMATOTHORAX; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JAUNDICE; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER HEMATOMA; LIVER RESECTION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MICROWAVE THERAPY; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; PAIN; PERITONEUM METASTASIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOFREQUENCY; REVIEW; THERMOCOAGULATION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL TRIALS; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1942504345     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-003-1280-y     Document Type: Review

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