Outcomes of ablation versus resection for colorectal liver metastases: Are we comparing apples with oranges?

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2422-2428

  Tsai, Susan ^a   Pawlik, Timothy M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLORECTAL CANCER; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER RESECTION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CATHETER ABLATION; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68949202861     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-009-0491-8     Document Type: Review

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