Colorectal metastases: Resect or ablate?

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 602-603

  Abdalla, Eddie K ^a   Vauthey, Jean Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; HEPATIC VEIN; HUMAN; LIVER BLOOD VESSEL; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER RESECTION; MULTIPLE CANCER; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CATHETER ABLATION; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33645887253     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/ASO.2006.09.920     Document Type: Editorial

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