Radiofrequency and ethanol ablation for the treatment of recurrent thyroid cancers: Current status and challenges

Current Opinion in Oncology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 14-19

  Shin, Ji Eun ^a   Baek, Jung Hwan ^a   Lee, Jeong Hyun ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Ethanol ablation; Radiofrequency ablation; Recurrent thyroid cancer; Thyroid; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE;

ABLATION THERAPY; BURNING SENSATION; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; ETHANOL ABLATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECURRENT CANCER; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; THYROID CANCER; TREATMENT INDICATION; VOICE CHANGE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CATHETER ABLATION; ETHANOL; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RADIO WAVES; THYROID NEOPLASMS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84872001748     PISSN: 10408746     EISSN: 1531703X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCO.0b013e32835a583d     Document Type: Review

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