Radiofrequency ablation of hepatic tumors

Seminars in Interventional Radiology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 279-292

  Dalal, Kshitij A ^b   Dupuy, Damian E ^c   Goldberg, S Nahum ^a,b  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Hepatic tumors; Radiofrequency; Tumor ablation

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CATHETER ABLATION; COLON CANCER; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; REVIEW;

EID: 3242675307     PISSN: 07399529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-828939     Document Type: Review

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