Surgical resection versus radiofrequency ablation in the treatment of small unifocal hepatocellular carcinoma

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1521-1526

  Abu Hilal, M ^a   Primrose, J N ^a   Casaril, A ^b   McPhail, M J W ^a   Pearce, N W ^a   Nicoli, N ^b  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Pediatric Surgical Unit   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Radio frequency ablation; Resection

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CATHETER ABLATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROBABILITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROBABILITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 49749103941     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-008-0553-4     Document Type: Article

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