Ablation for hepatocellular carcinoma: Is there need to have a winning technique?

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 310-312

  Forner, Alejandro ^a,b   Bruix, Jordi ^a,b  

^a ICMDM   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMORBIDITY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ACETIC ACID; ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; ETHANOL; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; NECROSIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77549085940     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2009.11.024     Document Type: Editorial

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