Ultrasound-guided thermal radiofrequency ablation (RFA) as an adjunct to systemic chemotherapy for breast cancer liver metastases;Termoablazione epatica con radiofrequenza (RFA) sotto guida ecografica come trattamento aggiuntivo alla chemioterapia nel tumore della mammella metastatico

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 116, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1059-1066

  Carrafiello, G ^a   Fontana, F ^a   Cotta, E ^a   Petulla M ^a   Brunese, L ^b   Mangini, M ^a   Fugazzola, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast cancer metastasis; Radiofrequency thermal ablation (RFA)

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CATHETER ABLATION; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ITALY; LIVER TUMOR; LUNG CARCINOMA; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAGET NIPPLE DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ITALY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 83655172319     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11547-011-0697-2     Document Type: Article

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