Radiofrequency ablation for hepatocellular carcinoma in so-called high-risk locations

Hepatology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1101-1108

  Teratani, Takuma ^a   Yoshida, Haruhiko ^a   Shiina, Shuichiro ^a   Obi, Shuntaro ^a   Sato, Shinpei ^a   Tateishi, Ryosuke ^a   Mine, Norio ^a   Kondo, Yuji ^a   Kawabe, Takao ^a   Omata, Masao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER ARTERIOGRAPHY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTAL PHLEBOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RADIOSURGERY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR GROWTH;

AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33646553924     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.21164     Document Type: Article

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