Long-term outcome of cirrhotic patients with early hepatocellular carcinoma treated with ultrasound-guided percutaneous laser ablation: A retrospective analysis

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 27, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 2615-2621

  Pacella, Claudio Maurizio ^a   Francica, Giampiero ^a   Di Lascio, Francesca Marta Lilja ^a   Arienti, Vincenzo ^a   Antico, Ettore ^a   Caspani, Bruno ^a   Magnolfi, Fabrizio ^a   Megna, Angelo Salomone ^a   Pretolani, Stefano ^a   Regine, Renato ^a   Sponza, Massimo ^a   Stasi, Roberto ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT CANCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AGE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ITALY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LIVER TUMOR; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TIME;

SERUM ALBUMIN;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LASER THERAPY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SERUM ALBUMIN; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 66849130896     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2008.19.0082     Document Type: Article

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