Hepatocellular carcinoma treated with radiofrequency ablation with or without ethanol injection: A prospective randomized trial

Radiology

Volumn 244, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 599-607

  Zhang, Yao Jun ^a,b   Liang, Hui Hong ^a   Chen, Min Shan ^a,b   Guo, Rong Ping ^a,b   Li, Jin Qing ^a,b   Zheng, Yun ^a,b   Zhang, Ya Qi ^a,b   Lau, Wan Y ^c  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (China)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CEFUROXIME; GADODIAMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJECTION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LIFE TABLE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LOG RANK TEST; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANTEL HAENSZEL TEST; METASTASIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34447514076     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2442060826     Document Type: Article

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