Percutaneous cooled-probe microwave versus radiofrequency ablation in early-stage hepatocellular carcinoma: A phase III randomised controlled trial

Gut

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 1172-1173

  Yu, Jie ^a   Yu, Xiao Ling ^a   Han, Zhi Yu ^a   Cheng, Zhi Gang ^a   Liu, Fang Yi ^a   Zhai, Hong Yan ^b   Mu, Meng Juan ^a   Liu, Yan Mei ^a   Liang, Ping ^a  

^a CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^b JINING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Audit; Cancer; Clinical Trials; Hepatocellular Carcinoma; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD PUGH SCORE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER METASTASIS; MICROWAVE THERMOTHERAPY; PERCUTANEOUS COOLED PROBE MICROWAVE ABLATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION DEVICE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUMOR VOLUME; CATHETER ABLATION; LIVER TUMOR; MICROWAVE RADIATION;

ALCOHOL;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; ETHANOL; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MICROWAVES;

EID: 84998785402     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: 14683288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2016-312629     Document Type: Letter

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