Focal tumor ablation: A new era in cancer therapy

Ultrasound Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 195-217

  Winter, Thomas C ^a,b   Laeseke, Paul F ^a   Lee Jr , Fred T ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Liver tumors; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CANCER THERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ONCOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; CATHETER ABLATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CRYOSURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ETHANOL; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL;

EID: 33748608588     PISSN: 08948771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ruq.0000232614.79547.b6     Document Type: Review

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