Should microwave energy be preferred to radiofrequency energy for ablation of malignant liver tumors?

Journal of Interventional Oncology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 12-16

  Nicholl, Michael B ^a   Conway, W Charles ^a   Ye, Xing ^a   Bilchik, Anton ^b   Singh, Gagandeep ^a  

^a JOHN WAYNE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b California Oncology Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal liver metastasis; Survival; Tumor ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIVER CANCER; LIVER INJURY; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; OPERATION DURATION; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT SAFETY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; TREATMENT DURATION; TUMOR ABLATION;

EID: 77953486929     PISSN: 19160518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/6650.2010.060005     Document Type: Article

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