Factors limiting complete tumor ablation by radiofrequency ablation

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 107-115

  Paulet, Erwan ^a   Aubé, Christophe ^a   Pessaux, Patrick ^a   Lebigot, Jerome ^a   Lhermitte, Emilie ^a   Oberti, Frederic ^a   Ponthieux, Anne ^a   Calès, Paul ^a   Ridereau Zins, Catherine ^a   Pereira, Philippe L ^b  

^a ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Liver tumor; Magnetic resonance imaging; Radiofrequency ablation; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; TEMPERATURE; ULTRASOUND;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOLOGY, INTERVENTIONAL; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38049155786     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-007-9208-1     Document Type: Article

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