External beam radiotherapy to treat intra- and extra-hepatic dissemination of hepatocellular carcinoma after radiofrequency thermal ablation

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1555-1560

  Yamashita, Hideomi ^a   Nakagawa, Keiichi ^a   Shiraishi, Kenshiro ^a   Tago, Masao ^a   Igaki, Hiroshi ^a   Nakamura, Naoki ^a   Sasano, Nakashi ^a   Shiina, Shuichiro ^a   Omata, Masao ^a   Ohtomo, Kuni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Complications; Dissemination; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; METASTASIS; NEEDLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 33747621380     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2006.04432.x     Document Type: Article

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