CT-guided radiofrequency ablation in the treatment of recurrent rectal cancer

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 137-141

  Belfiore, Giuseppe ^a   Tedeschi, Enrico ^a   Ronza, Francesco Michele ^b   Belfiore, Maria Paola ^a   Borsi, Ettore ^a   Ianniello, Giovanni Pietro ^a   Rotondo, Antonio ^b  

^a S Sebastiano Hospital   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Extravascular interventional radiology; Palliative treatment; Radiofrequency ablation; Rectal cancer recurrence; Thermoablation

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECTUM ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION; RECTUM CARCINOMA; TUMOR GROWTH;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58149236760     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.2649     Document Type: Article

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