Chemical Ablation of Liver Cancer

Techniques in Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 58-63

  Clark, Timothy W I ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

acetic acid ablation; chemical ablation; ethanol ablation; hepatocellular carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SIZE; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACETIC ACID; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; ETHANOL; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL; LIVER NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PATIENT SELECTION; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 35549007967     PISSN: 10892516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.tvir.2007.08.004     Document Type: Article

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