Combination of radiofrequency ablation with transarterial chemoembolization for hepatocellular carcinoma: an up-to-date meta-analysis

Tumor Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 7407-7413

  Liu, Zhenyin ^a   Gao, Fei ^a   Yang, Guang ^a   Singh, Sristi ^a   Lu, Mingjian ^a   Zhang, Tao ^a   Zhong, Zhihui ^a   Zhang, Fujun ^a   Tang, Rijie ^b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Meta analysis; Radiofrequency ablation; Survival rate; Transarterial chemoembolization

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; CHOLESTASIS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; HUMAN; INFARCTION; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; JAUNDICE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FAILURE; META ANALYSIS; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECURRENCE FREE SURVIVAL; SEGMENTAL HEPATIC INFARCTION; STOMACH HEMORRHAGE; SUBCAPSULAR HEMORRHAGE; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSARTERIAL CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MORTALITY; PUBLISHING;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; PUBLICATION BIAS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84910652726     PISSN: 10104283     EISSN: 14230380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13277-014-1976-z     Document Type: Article

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