CT-guided radiofrequency ablation prolonged metastatic survival in patients with liver metastases from nasopharyngeal carcinoma

International Journal of Hyperthermia

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 549-554

  Pan, Changchuan ^a,b,c   Wu, Peihong ^b,c   Yu, Jingrui ^a   Li, Wang ^b,c   Huang, Zilin ^b,c   He, Ni ^b,c   Wang, Jianpeng ^b,c   Zhao, Ming ^b,c  

^a SICHUAN CANCER HOSPITAL   (China)

^b State Key Laboratory of Oncology   (China)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Liver metastases; Metastatic survival introduction; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEVER; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PAIN; PLEURA EFFUSION; PROGNOSIS; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CATHETER ABLATION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80051921282     PISSN: 02656736     EISSN: 14645157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02656736.2011.593019     Document Type: Article

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