Combined hepatectomy and radiofrequency ablation for multifocal hepatocellular carcinomas: Long-term follow-up results and prognostic factors

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3510-3518

  Choi, Dongil ^a   Lim, Hyo K ^a   Joh, Jae Won ^a   Kim, Sung Joo ^a   Kim, Min Ju ^a   Rhim, Hyunchul ^a   Kim, Young Sun ^a   Yoo, Byung Chul ^a   Paik, Seung Woon ^a   Park, Cheol Keun ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Combined treatment; Hepatectomy; Hepatocellular Carcinoma; Prognostic Factors; Radiofrequency Ablation; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEROPERATIVE ECHOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR GROWTH;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 36348948472     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-007-9492-7     Document Type: Article

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