Local recurrence after laparoscopic radiofrequency ablation of liver tumors: An analysis of 1032 tumors

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2757-2764

  Berber, Eren ^a   Siperstein, Allan ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatic tumors; Laparoscopic; Local recurrence; Thermal ablation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; COLORECTAL METASTASIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; NEUROENDOCRINE METASTASIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CARCINOMA, NEUROENDOCRINE; CATHETER ABLATION; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 51649099444     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-008-0043-7     Document Type: Article

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