Radiofrequency ablation in the management of liver metastases from breast cancer

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 189, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 883-889

  Sofocleous, C T ^a   Nascimento, R G ^a   Gonen, M ^a   Theodoulou, M ^a   Covey, A M ^a   Brody, L A ^a   Solomon, S M ^a   Thornton, R ^a   Fong, Y ^a   Getrajdman, G I ^a   Brown, K T ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast cancer metastases; Liver metastases; Liver tumors; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SAFETY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CATHETER ABLATION; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEW YORK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34748839508     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.2198     Document Type: Article

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