Interdisciplinary treatment of primary hepatic angiosarcoma: Emergency tumor embolization followed by elective surgery

European Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 591-594

  Matthaei, H ^a   Boelke, E ^a   Eisenberger, C F ^a   Alldinger, I ^a   Krieg, A ^a   Schmelzle, M ^a   Poremba, C ^a   Schellhammer, F ^a   Knoefel, W T ^a   Budach, W ^a   Peiper, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Embolization; Hepatic angiosarcoma; Liver tumors; Resection

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLEEDING; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; COIL EMBOLIZATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER SARCOMA; LIVER SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 37549045027     PISSN: 09492321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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