CT-guided radiofrequency ablation: A potential complementary therapy for patients with unresectable primary lung cancer - A preliminary report of 33 patients

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 183, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1003-1011

  Belfiore, Giuseppe ^a,b   Moggio, Giovanni ^a   Tedeschi, Enrico ^a   Greco, Michele ^a   Cioffi, Riccardo ^a   Cincotti, Francesca ^a   Rossi, Renato ^a  

^a San Sebastiano Caserta's Hospital   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG CANCER; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; CATHETER ABLATION; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; LUNG TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 7944227043     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.183.4.1831003     Document Type: Article

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