Liver resection versus radiofrequency ablation in the treatment of cirrhotic patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Diseases International

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 270-277

  Parisi, Amilcare ^a   Desiderio, Jacopo ^a   Trastulli, Stefano ^a   Castellani, Elisa ^b   Pasquale, Rosario ^a   Cirocchi, Roberto ^b   Boselli, Carlo ^b   Noya, Giuseppe ^b  

^a St Maria Hospital   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver resection; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CHILD PUGH SCORE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECURRENCE FREE SURVIVAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 84879306029     PISSN: 14993872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1499-3872(13)60044-2     Document Type: Article

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