Radiofrequency ablation induces dedifferentiation of hepatocellular carcinoma

Oncology Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 91-94

  Tajima, Hidehiro ^a   Ohta, Tetsuo ^a   Okamoto, Koichi ^a   Nakanuma, Shinichi ^a   Hayashi, Hironori ^a   Nakagawara, Hisatoshi ^a   Onishi, Ichiro ^a   Takamura, Hiroyuki ^a   Kitagawa, Hirohisa ^a   Fushida, Sachio ^a   Tani, Takashi ^a   Fujimura, Takashi ^a   Kayahara, Masato ^a   Arai, Kuniaki ^b   Yamashita, Tatsuya ^b   Kaneko, Shuichi ^b   Zen, Yoh ^c  

^a Kyoto University   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dedifferentiation; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Local recurrence; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CHOLESTATIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR; FEMALE; HEAT SHOCK; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 77955733734     PISSN: 17921074     EISSN: 17921082     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ol_00000016     Document Type: Article

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