Treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma using internally cooled electrodes: A prospective comparison of modified automated vs. manual pulsed radiofrequency algorithms

Oncology

Volumn 72, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 76-82

  Cua, Ian Homer Y ^a   Lin, Chen Chun ^a   Lin, Chun Jung ^a   Chen, Wei Ting ^a   Hsu, Chao Wei ^a   Chen, Yi Cheng ^a   Wong, Stephen N ^a   Lin, Shi Ming ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Internally cooled electrode; Pulsed algorithm; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR GROWTH;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTRODES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, INTERVENTIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 37149035191     PISSN: 00302414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000111711     Document Type: Conference Paper

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