Radiofrequency Ablation versus Resection for Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastases: A Meta-Analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Weng, Mingzhe ^a   Zhang, Yong ^a   Zhou, Di ^a   Yang, Yong ^a   Tang, Zhaohui ^a   Zhao, Mingning ^a   Quan, Zhiwei ^a   Gong, Wei ^a  

^a XINHUA HOSPITAL AFFILIATED TO SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL LIVER METASTASIS; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER RESECTION; META ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

CATHETER ABLATION; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; PUBLICATION BIAS;

EID: 84866687176     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045493     Document Type: Article

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