Percutaneous radiofrequency thermal ablation of primary and metastatic lung tumors

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 797-800

  Thanos, Loukas ^a   Mylona, Sofia ^a   Pomoni, Maria ^a   Athanassiadi, Kalliopi ^b   Theakos, Nick ^b   Zoganas, Leonidas ^a   Batakis, Nikolaos ^a  

^a RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Minimal invasive therapy; Percutaneous CT guided; Primary lung tumors; Pulmonary metastasis; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMOPTYSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LUNG CANCER; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TELEPHONE; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

AGED; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PALLIATIVE CARE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33749998641     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2006.08.015     Document Type: Article

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