Percutaneous ethanol injection therapy in the treatment of hepatocarcinoma - Results obtained from a series of 88 cases

Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 317-322

  Danila, Mirela ^a   Sporea, Ioan ^a   Sirli, Roxana ^a   Popescu, Alina ^a  

^a VICTOR BABES UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver cirrhosis; Percutaneous ethanol injection therapy

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD PUGH CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CARCINOMA; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; AGED; INJECTION; LIVER TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGED; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 73949110388     PISSN: 18418724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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