Could radiofrequency ablation replace liver resection for small hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with compensated cirrhosis? A 5-year follow-up

Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery

Volumn 398, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 55-62

  Desiderio, Jacopo ^a   Trastulli, Stefano ^a   Pasquale, Rosario ^b   Cavaliere, Davide ^c   Cirocchi, Roberto ^a   Boselli, Carlo ^a   Noya, Giuseppe ^a   Parisi, Amilcare ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b St Maria Hospital   (Italy)

^c Forli Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

HCC; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver resection; Radiofrequency ablation; RFA

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84871791460     PISSN: 14352443     EISSN: 14352451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00423-012-1029-2     Document Type: Article

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