European Journal of Surgical Oncology
Volume 34, Issue 2 , Pages 166-172 , February 2008

Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma in the caudate lobe

  • Z.-W. Peng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Cancer Centre of Sun Yat-Sen University, 651 Dongfeng Road East, Guangzhou 510060, China
    • State Key Laboratory of Oncology in Southern China, Guangzhou 510060, China
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  • H.-H. Liang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Cancer Centre of Sun Yat-Sen University, 651 Dongfeng Road East, Guangzhou 510060, China
    • State Key Laboratory of Oncology in Southern China, Guangzhou 510060, China
    • ,
  • M.-S. Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Cancer Centre of Sun Yat-Sen University, 651 Dongfeng Road East, Guangzhou 510060, China
    • State Key Laboratory of Oncology in Southern China, Guangzhou 510060, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Cancer Centre of Sun Yat-Sen University, 651 Dongfeng Road East, Guangzhou 510060, China. Tel./fax: +86 20 8734 3117; mobile: +86 1390 224 1061.
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  • Y.-J. Zhang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Cancer Centre of Sun Yat-Sen University, 651 Dongfeng Road East, Guangzhou 510060, China
    • State Key Laboratory of Oncology in Southern China, Guangzhou 510060, China
    • ,
  • J.-Q. Li

      Affiliations

    • Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Cancer Centre of Sun Yat-Sen University, 651 Dongfeng Road East, Guangzhou 510060, China
    • State Key Laboratory of Oncology in Southern China, Guangzhou 510060, China
    • ,
  • Y.-Q. Zhang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Cancer Centre of Sun Yat-Sen University, 651 Dongfeng Road East, Guangzhou 510060, China
    • State Key Laboratory of Oncology in Southern China, Guangzhou 510060, China
    • ,
  • W.Y. Lau

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR, China

,Accepted 6 August 2007.

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☆ Financial Support: This study is supported by the grant of Sciences and Technology Committee of Guangdong Province, 2006 China and Sciences and Technology Committee of Guangzhou City, 2002 China.

PII: S0748-7983(07)00491-X

doi: 10.1016/j.ejso.2007.08.004

European Journal of Surgical Oncology
Volume 34, Issue 2 , Pages 166-172 , February 2008

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