Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation of renal tumours: Case series of 11 tumours and review of published work

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 412-419

  Watkins, T W ^a   Parkinson, R ^a,b  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b WESLEY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Kidney neoplasm; Non vascular interventional radiology; Percutaneous catheter ablation; Radiofrequency catheter ablation; Renal cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY TUMOR; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARTIAL NEPHRECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548398938     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: 14401673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2007.01862.x     Document Type: Article

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