Prognostic factors for long-term outcome after percutaneous thermal ablation for hepatocellular carcinoma: A survival analysis of 137 consecutive patients

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1018-1025

  Xu, H X ^a   Lu, M D ^a   Xie, X Y ^a   Yin, X Y ^a   Kuang, M ^a   Chen, J W ^a   Xu, Z F ^a   Liu, G J ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Microwaves; Radiofrequency ablation; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROWAVE THERAPY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MICROWAVES; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADIO WAVES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 23944454629     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2005.04.009     Document Type: Article

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