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Published in: BMC Geriatrics 1/2009

Open Access 01-04-2009 | Meeting abstract

Treatment with radiofrequency thermoablation of elderly patients suffering from hepatocarcinoma (HCC)

Authors: A Santoriello, R Benevento, S Lamberti, G Perna, S Canonico

Published in: BMC Geriatrics | Special Issue 1/2009

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In elderly patients hepatocarcinoma is often not treatable by surgery in consequence of their reduced tolerance to liver resection for the concomitant cirrhosis, which frequently is the cause of death. In these patients radiofrequency thermoablation allows to obtain tumor necrosis with minimal sacrifice of liver parenchyma surrounding the tumor and satisfactory therapeutic results. …
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Title
Treatment with radiofrequency thermoablation of elderly patients suffering from hepatocarcinoma (HCC)
Authors
A Santoriello
R Benevento
S Lamberti
G Perna
S Canonico
Publication date
01-04-2009
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Geriatrics / Issue Special Issue 1/2009
Electronic ISSN: 1471-2318
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-9-S1-A49

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