Thermal tumor ablation therapy for colorectal cancer hepatic metastasis

Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 69-77

  Munireddy, Sanjay ^a   Katz, Steven ^a   Somasundar, P ^a   Espat, N Joseph ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal liver metastasis; Thermal ablation; Tumor ablation

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL HEPATIC METASTASIS; COLORECTAL SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER WEIGHT; LUNG METASTASIS; MICROWAVE THERAPY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; THERMAL TUMOR ABLATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR ABLATION; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 84995780115     PISSN: 20786891     EISSN: 2219679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2078-6891.2012.008     Document Type: Article

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