Radiofrequency thermal ablation in the treatment of lung malignancies

In Vivo

Volumn 20, Issue 6 A, 2006, Pages 765-768

  Gadaleta, Cosmo ^a   Catino, Annamaria ^a   Mattioli, Vittorio ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE GIOVANNI PAOLO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lung malignancies; Radiofrequency thermal ablation (RFA)

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BRONCHOPLEURAL FISTULA; CANCER RECURRENCE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; FEVER; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INOPERABLE CANCER; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMOTHORAX; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SOLID TUMOR; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; THORAX PAIN; TUMOR NECROSIS;

EID: 33846096493     PISSN: 0258851X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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