Transcatheter arterial embolization of unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma: Does selective treatment improve outcome?

Nippon Acta Radiologica

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 240-247

  Ganaha, Fumikiyo ^a   Koyama, Ken ^a   Sadaoka, Shunichi ^a   Yamada, Tetsuhisa ^a   Kanehira, Chihiro ^a   Fukuda, Kunihiko ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Multivariate analysis; Transcatheter arterial embolization

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 26944463515     PISSN: 00480428     EISSN: 13477951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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