CT-guided brachytherapy (CTGB) versus interstitial laser ablation (ILT) of colorectal liver metastases: An intraindividual matched-pair analysis

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 184, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 302-306

  Pech, Maciej ^a   Wieners, Gero ^a   Kryza, Rafal ^a   Dudeck, Oliver ^a   Seidensticker, Max ^a   Mohnike, Konrad ^a   Redlich, Ulf ^a   Rühl, Ricarda ^a   Wust, Peter ^b   Gademann, Günther ^a   Ricke, Jens ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

CT guided brachytherapy; Interstitial laser therapy; Liver

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; LIVER METABOLISM; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; METASTASIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT DURATION; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; BRACHYTHERAPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LASER THERAPY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 44949207768     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00066-008-1815-5     Document Type: Article

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