Cryosurgery for Tumors

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 205, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 342-356

  Gage, Andrew A ^a   Baust, John G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE TUMOR; BRAIN TUMOR; BREAST TUMOR; BRONCHUS TUMOR; CRYOSURGERY; ECHOGRAPHY; EYE TUMOR; FREEZING; HUMAN; KIDNEY TUMOR; LARYNX TUMOR; LIVER TUMOR; MOUTH CANCER; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS TUMOR; PHARYNX TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; SKIN CANCER; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPERATURE; TUMOR;

CRYOSURGERY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34447619141     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2007.03.007     Document Type: Review

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