Radiofrequency ablation combined with percutaneous ethanol injection in the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma and portal vein neoplastic thrombosis

Anticancer Research

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 2419-2421

  Poggi, Guido ^a   Gatti, Carlo ^a   Teragni, Cristina ^a   Delmonte, Angelo ^a   Bernardo, Giovanni ^a  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ethanol injection; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Portal vein thrombosis; Radiofrequency; Thermal ablation

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS ETHANOL INJECTION; PORTAL VEIN; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; ETHANOL; HEPATIC VEIN THROMBOSIS; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 4444336697     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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