Percutaneous ablative therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 347-355

  Paul, Shashi B ^a   Gamanagatti, Shivanand R ^a   Aneesh, M K ^a   Acharya, S K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ALCOHOL;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADVERSE OUTCOME; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CRYOABLATION; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DRUG MECHANISM; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER SURGERY; LETTER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MICROWAVE THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT SAFETY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR ABLATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ACETIC ACID; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; CRYOSURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ETHANOL; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MICROWAVES;

EID: 84859128879     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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