Ultrasound-guided radiofrequency ablation (RFA) for inoperable gastrointestinal liver metastases

Ultraschall in der Medizin

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 388-392

  Hofer, Silvia ^b   Oberholzer, C ^b   Back, S ^a   Looser, C ^a   Ludwig, C ^b  

^a Radiology   (Switzerland)

^b Oncology   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal cancer; Liver metastases; Radiofrequency ablation (RFA); Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INOPERABLE CANCER; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLEURA EFFUSION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHETER ABLATION; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 50849122075     PISSN: 01724614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1027197     Document Type: Article

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