Radiofrequency ablation of hepatocellular carcinoma as a bridge to liver transplantation

HPB

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 24-32

  DuBay, Derek A ^a   Sandroussi, Charbel ^a   Kachura, John R ^b   Ho, Chia Sing ^b   Beecroft, J Robert ^b   Vollmer, Charles M ^c   Ghanekar, Anand ^a   Guba, Markus ^a   Cattral, Mark S ^a   McGilvray, Ian D ^a   Grant, David R ^a   Greig, Paul D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

hepatocellular carcinoma; Milan criteria; radiofrequency ablation; surgical treatment; waiting list drop off

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650386346     PISSN: 1365182X     EISSN: 14772574     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-2574.2010.00228.x     Document Type: Article

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