Medium-sized HCC: Achieving effective local tumor control with combined chemoebolization and radiofrequency ablation

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1527-1528

  Liapi, Eleni ^a   Geschwind, Jean Francois H ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; DOXORUBICIN; MITOMYCIN C;

ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLOOD FLOW; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79956199831     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-011-1679-2     Document Type: Editorial

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