Radiological and pathological assessment of hepatocellular carcinoma response to radiofrequency. A study on removed liver after transplantation

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1489-1494

  Rodríguez Sanjuán, Juan C ^a   González, Francisco ^a   Juanco, Carlos ^a   Herrera, Luis A ^a   López Bautista, Mercedes ^a   González Noriega, Mónica ^a   García Somacarrera, Elena ^a   Figols, Javier ^a   Gómez Fleitas, Manuel ^a   Silván, Martín ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REMISSION INDUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 45849150366     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-008-9559-z     Document Type: Article

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