Long-term follow-up outcome of patients undergoing radiofrequency ablation for unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1364-1373

  Machi, Junji ^a,b   Bueno, Racquel S ^a   Wong, Linda L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 28244493625     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-005-7829-6     Document Type: Article

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