High intensity focused ultrasound ablation: A new therapeutic option for solid tumors

Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 414-420

  Orsi, Franco ^a   Arnone, Paolo ^a   Chen, Wenzhi ^b   Zhang, Lian ^b  

^a EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^b CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

cancer; High intensity focused ultrasound; treatment

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; TAMOXIFEN;

ASIA; BONE TUMOR; BREAST CANCER; BURN; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EUROPE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEMATURIA; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LIVER CANCER; MASTECTOMY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NERVE INJURY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS CANCER; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SOLID TUMOR; TREATMENT REFUSAL; TUMOR ABLATION; UNITED STATES; UTERUS CANCER; UTERUS MYOMA;

HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 79952433984     PISSN: 09731482     EISSN: 19984138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-1482.77064     Document Type: Review

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