## BACKGROUND. The authors compared the efficacy of percutaneous microwave coagulation therapy (PMCT) and percutaneous ethanol injection therapy (PEIT) in the treatment of patients with cirrhosis and a solitary nodular hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) Υ 2 cm in greatest dimension. ## METHODS. Of
Combination therapy with transcatheter arterial chemoembolization and percutaneous ethanol injection compared with percutaneous ethanol injection alone for patients with small hepatocellular carcinoma : A randomized control study
β Scribed by Masahiko Koda; Yoshikazu Murawaki; Akeri Mitsuda; Kenji Oyama; Kinya Okamoto; Yoko Idobe; Takeaki Suou; Hironaka Kawasaki
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 123 KB
- Volume
- 92
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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