Combination Embolization and Radiofrequency Ablation Therapy for Renal Cell Carcinoma in the Setting of Coexisting Arterial Disease

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 616-620

  Mondshine, Ross T ^a   Owens, Sean ^b   Mondschein, Jeffrey I ^c   Cizman, Borut ^c   Stavropoulos, S William ^c   Clark, Timothy W I ^a  

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

^b Louisville Radiology Imaging Consultants   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ETHIODIZED OIL;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY ARTERY STENOSIS; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REVASCULARIZATION; STENT; SURGICAL APPROACH;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; CATHETER ABLATION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; RENAL ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; STENTS;

EID: 41049104199     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2007.12.444     Document Type: Article

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