Long-term effectiveness of radiofrequency ablation for hepatocellular carcinoma of 3.5cm or less

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 55, Issue 81, 2008, Pages 191-196

  Salmi, Andrea ^a   Turrini, Renato ^a   Lanzani, Giovanna ^a   Viviani, Giovanni ^a   Zappella, Andrea ^a   Savio, Antonella ^a   Pirali, Francesco ^b  

^a S Orsola Hospital   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Effectiveness; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Radiofrequency ablation; Survival; Therapy; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 41549114549     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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