Microwave ablation for unresectable hepatic tumours: Clinical results using a novel microwave probe and generator

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 264-268

  Bhardwaj, N ^a   Strickland, A D ^a   Ahmad, F ^a   El Abassy, M ^a   Morgan, B ^a   Robertson, G S M ^a   Lloyd, D M ^a  

^a LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colorectal metastases; Cryotherapy; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver tumours; Microwave ablation; Radiofrequency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENERATOR; HUMAN; INOPERABLE CANCER; LIVER CANCER; MALE; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; MICROWAVE THERAPY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID TUMOR; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; AGED; DIATHERMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROWAVES; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 76449089923     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: 15322157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2009.10.006     Document Type: Article

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