Single HCC smaller than 2 cm: Surgery or ablation - Interventional oncologist's perspective

Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 425-429

  Livraghi, Tito ^a  

^a HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Interventional radiology; Interventional ultrasound; Liver neoplasms; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER RESECTION; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SALVAGE THERAPY; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR ABLATION; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME; CATHETER ABLATION; DECISION MAKING; LIVER TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING;

EID: 79952111208     PISSN: 18686974     EISSN: 18686982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00534-009-0244-x     Document Type: Article

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