Cost-effectiveness of radiofrequency ablation and surgical therapy for small hepatocellular carcinoma of 3 cm or less in diameter

Hepatology Research

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 241-249

  Ikeda, Kenji ^a   Kobayashi, Masahiro ^a   Saitoh, Satoshi ^a   Someya, Takashi ^a   Hosaka, Tetsuya ^a   Sezaki, Hitomi ^a   Suzuki, Yoshiyuki ^a   Suzuki, Fumitaka ^a   Akuta, Norio ^a   Arase, Yasuji ^a   Kumada, Hiromitsu ^a   Matsuda, Masamichi ^a   Hashimoto, Masaji ^a   Watanabe, Goro ^a  

^a TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Local recurrence; Radiofrequency ablation; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SIZE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 29144489161     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hepres.2005.09.002     Document Type: Article

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