High-intensity focused ultrasound ablation: An effective bridging therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma patients

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 19, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 3083-3089

  Cheung, Tan To ^a   Fan, Sheung Tat ^a,b   Chan, See Ching ^a,b   Chok, Kenneth S H ^a   Chu, Ferdinand S K ^a   Jenkins, Caroline R ^a   Lo, Regina C L ^a   Fung, James Y Y ^a,b   Chan, Albert C Y ^a   Sharr, William W ^a   Tsang, Simon H Y ^a   Dai, Wing Chiu ^a   Poon, Ronnie T P ^a,b   Lo, Chung Mau ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Ablation; Bridging therapy; Cirrhosis; Hepatocellular carcinoma; High intensity focused ultrasound; Liver transplant; New technology

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CISPLATIN; GELFOAM; GENTAMICIN; IODINATED POPPYSEED OIL; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CANNULATION; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HISTOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHERMIA; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER METASTASIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEURA EFFUSION; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR VOLUME; X RAY FILM;

EID: 84878238001     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i20.3083     Document Type: Article

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