Liver resection and cryotherapy for metastatic melanoma

International Surgery

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 274-277

  Woon, W W L ^a   Haghighi, K S ^a   Zuckerman, R S ^b   Morris, D L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b BASSETT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cryotherapy; Hepatic metastases; Liver resection; Melanoma; Surgery

Indexed keywords

AGED; CRYOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SURVIVAL;

AGED; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRYOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 72449211139     PISSN: 00208868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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