Hepatic epithelioid hemangioendothelioma treated with irreversible electroporation and antibiotics

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 31, Issue 27, 2013, Pages

  Neal II, Robert E ^a   Kavnoudias, Helen ^a   Cheung, Wa ^a   Golebiowski, Blanka ^b   McLean, Catriona A ^a   Thomson, Kenneth R ^a  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BARTONELLOSIS; CANCER CELL DESTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEPATIC EPITHELIOID HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HUMAN; IRREVERSIBLE ELECTROPORATION DEVICE; LIVER INJURY; MULTIPLE CANCER; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT DURATION; VASCULAR TUMOR;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ELECTROPORATION; FEMALE; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA, EPITHELIOID; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84893089725     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2012.44.9736     Document Type: Article

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