Radiofrequency ablation for the treatment of renal cell carcinoma: Initial experience

Radiation Medicine - Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-5

  Watanabe, Fumihiko ^a   Kawasaki, Tsutomu ^a   Hotaka, Yuhsuke ^a   Ishiyama, Mitsutomi ^a   Fuwa, Sohkun ^a   Nagata, Mikio ^a   Saida, Yukihisa ^a  

^a ST LUKE'S INTERNATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Kidney; Radiofrequency ablation; Renal cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RETROPERITONEAL HEMATOMA; KIDNEY TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 43249103738     PISSN: 02882043     EISSN: 18625274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11604-007-0183-x     Document Type: Article

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