Effectiveness, safety, and local progression after percutaneous laser ablation for hepatocellular carcinoma nodules up to 4 cm are not affected by tumor location

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 199, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1393-1401

  Francica, Giampiero ^a   Petrolati, Alessandra ^b   Di Stasio, Enrico ^c   Pacella, Sara ^b   Stasi, Roberto ^d   Pacella, Claudio Maurizio ^b  

^a Hospital S Maria Della Pieta   (Italy)

^b REGINA APOSTOLORUM HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ablation; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Laser ablation; Liver ablation; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BILE DUCT INJURY; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY NECROSIS; LASER SURGERY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER HEMATOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84870952221     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.11.7850     Document Type: Article

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