Sequential transcatheter arterial chemoembolization, three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy, and high-intensity focused ultrasound treatment for unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma patients

Journal of Biomedical Research

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 260-267

  Ni, Shengfa ^a   Liu, Lingxiang ^a   Shu, Yongqian ^a  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; High intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU); Three dimensional con formal radiotherapy (3 DCRT); Transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HUMAN; INOPERABLE CANCER; LEUKOPENIA; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TOXICITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POST TREATMENT SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL TIME; THREE DIMENSIONAL CONFORMAL RADIOTHERAPY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 84864777898     PISSN: 16748301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7555/JBR.26.20120016     Document Type: Article

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