Neoadjuvant transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) before percutaneous MR-guided laser-induced thermotherapy (LITT): Results in large-sized primary and secondary liver tumors

Medical Laser Application

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 98-108

  Zangos, Stephan ^a,b   Mack, Martin G ^a   Balzer, J O ^a   Engelmann, Kerstin ^a   Straub, Ralf ^a   Eichler, Katrin ^a   Herzog, Christopher ^a   Lehnert, Thomas ^a   Söllner, Oliver ^a   Heller, Mathias ^a   Thalhammer, Axel ^a   Vogl, Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemoembolization; Hepatic tumors; Hepatocellular cancer; Intervention; LITT; Metastases; Tumor ablation

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; LIPIDS; PATIENT TREATMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS; TUMORS;

EMBOLIZATION; LASER-INDUCED THERMOTHERAPY;

LASER ABLATION;

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; IODINATED POPPYSEED OIL; MITOMYCIN C; STARCH MICROSPHERE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INHIBITION; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER TUMOR; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 5444227507     PISSN: 16151615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1615-1615-00130     Document Type: Article

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