Role of high-intensity focused ultrasound in treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma

American Surgeon

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1496-1501

  Shen, Hua Ping ^a   Gong, Jian Ping ^a   Zuo, Guo Qing ^a  

^a CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BURN; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GENE THERAPY; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MICROBUBBLE; PAIN; PLEURA EFFUSION; RADIATION ENERGY; REVIEW; SAFETY; SONODYNAMIC METHOD; SONOPHORESIS;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 80755156392     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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