Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation of small hepatocellular carcinoma invisible on both ultrasonography and unenhanced CT: A preliminary study of combined treatment with transarterial chemoembolisation

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 82, Issue 983, 2009, Pages 908-915

  Lee, M W ^a,b   Kim, Young Jun ^a   Park, S W ^a   Hwang, J H ^a   Jung, S I ^a   Jeon, H J ^a   Kwon, W K ^a  

^a Konkuk University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; TUMOR GROWTH; ULTRASOUND; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOGRAPHY; LIVER TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 73349130478     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/55877882     Document Type: Article

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