Computed tomography-guided radiofrequency ablation of hepatocellular carcinoma: Treatment efficacy and complications

Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 323-328

  Laspas, Fotios ^a   Sotiropoulou, Evangelia ^a   Mylona, Sophia ^b   Manataki, Anita ^a   Tsagouli, Paraskevi ^a   Tsangaridou, Iris ^a   Thanos, Loukas ^a  

^a SOTIRIA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; CT guided; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR NECROSIS; CATHETER ABLATION; LIVER TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 73949100426     PISSN: 18418724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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