Local ablation for unresectable liver tumors: Is thermal best?

Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 97-106

  Wemyss Holden, Simon A ^a   Dennison, Ashley R ^b   Berry, David P ^b   Maddern, Guy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver metastases; Local ablation; Tumor

Indexed keywords

CANCER SURVIVAL; CATHETER ABLATION; CRYOTHERAPY; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTROLYSIS; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; INOPERABLE CANCER; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER VEIN; METASTASIS; MICROWAVE THERAPY; REVIEW; SAFETY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 2542434175     PISSN: 09441166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00534-002-0715-9     Document Type: Review

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