Extending indication for Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA) in cancer surgery

Chirurgia (Romania)

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 585-589

  Prunoiu, V ^a   Cirimbei, C ^a   Marincas, M ^a   Cirimbei, S ^a   Bratucu E ^a  

^a Institutul Oncologic Prof Dr Alexandru Trestioreanu Bucuresti   (Romania)

Author keywords

Cervical tumor; Hemostasis; Pelvic tumors; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANCER STAGING; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; OVARY TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; RETROPERITONEAL TUMOR; SARCOMA; STANDARD; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; RETROPERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; SARCOMA; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84874071675     PISSN: 12219118     EISSN: 1842368X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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