Single-session percutaneous ethanol ablation of early-stage hepatocellular carcinoma with a multipronged injection needle: Results of a pilot clinical study

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1533-1538

  Lencioni, Riccardo ^a   Crocetti, Laura ^a   Cioni, Dania ^a   Pina, Clotilde Della ^a   Oliveri, Filippo ^a   De Simone, Paolo ^a   Brunetto, Maurizia ^a   Filipponi, Franco ^a  

^a CISANELLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; NEEDLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR ABLATION; ULTRASOUND;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; ETHANOL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; PILOT PROJECTS; SCLEROSING SOLUTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77957785487     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2010.06.019     Document Type: Article

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