Well-differentiated hepatocellular carcinoma smaller than 15 mm in diameter totally eradicated with percutaneous ethanol injection instead of radiofrequency ablation

Hepatology International

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 411-415

  Kim, Soo Ryang ^a   Imoto, Susumu ^a   Nakajima, Taisuke ^a   Ando, Kenji ^a   Mita, Keiji ^a   Taniguchi, Miyuki ^a   Sasase, Noriko ^a   Matsuoka, Toshiyuki ^b   Kudo, Masatoshi ^c   Hayashi, Yoshitake ^d  

^a KOBE ASAHI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bile ducts; Diaphragm; Gall bladder; HCC smaller than 15 mm in diameter; Percutaneous ethanol injection

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS ETHANOL INJECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; TUMOR NECROSIS;

EID: 65049087706     PISSN: 19360533     EISSN: 19360541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12072-009-9128-z     Document Type: Article

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