Percutaneous cooled-tip microwave ablation under ultrasound guidance for primary liver cancer: A multicentre analysis of 1363 treatment-naive lesions in 1007 patients in China

Gut

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1100-1101

  Liang, Ping ^a   Yu, Jie ^a   Yu, Xiao Ling ^a   Wang, Xiao Hui ^a   Wei, Qiang ^b   Yu, Song Yuan ^c   Li, Hong Xin ^d   Sun, Hou Tan ^e   Zhang, Zheng Xin ^f   Liu, He Chun ^g   Cheng, Zhi Gang ^a   Han, Zhi Yu ^a  

^a CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^b Nanjing Second Hospital   (China)

^c Wuhan Medical Treatment Center   (China)

^d No3 People's Hospital in Zhenjiang City   (China)

^e LANZHOU GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^f Xiangxi Tumor Hospital   (China)

^g Hepatobiliary Surgery Department   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; LETTER; LIVER CANCER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROWAVE THERAPY; ONCOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT DURATION; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMORS;

EID: 84861574957     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: 14683288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2011-300975     Document Type: Letter

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