Randomised controlled trial comparing percutaneous radiofrequency thermal ablation, percutaneous ethanol injection, and percutaneous acetic acid injection to treat hepatocellular carcinoma of 3 cm or less

Gut

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1151-1156

  Lin, S M ^a   Lin, C J ^a   Lin, C C ^a   Hsu, C W ^a   Chen, Y C ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INJECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STOMACH HEMORRHAGE; STOMACH PERFORATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ACETIC ACID; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 22644441192     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.2004.045203     Document Type: Article

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