Patients' survival in lung malignancies treated by microwave ablation: Our experience on 56 patients

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 177-181

  Belfiore, G ^a   Ronza, F ^a   Belfiore, M P ^b   Serao, N ^a   Di Ronza, G ^a   Grassi, R ^b   Rotondo, A ^b  

^a S Anna S Sebastiano Hospital   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lung cancer; Lung metastases; Microwave ablation; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHEST TUBE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROWAVE THERAPY; NEEDLE; PATIENT SAFETY; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

ABLATION TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MICROWAVES; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84871718678     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2012.08.024     Document Type: Article

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