Resection or ablation of small hepatocellular carcinoma: What is the better treatment?

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 502-504

  Petrowsky, Henrik ^a   Busuttil, Ronald W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; EDITORIAL; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER CELL; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER RESECTION; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 50549088364     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2008.07.018     Document Type: Editorial

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