European Journal of Surgical Oncology
Volume 36, Issue 8 , Pages 725-730 , August 2010

Results of single-probe microwave ablation of metastatic liver cancer

  • R. Hompes

      Affiliations

    • Department of Abdominal Surgery, University Hospital Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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  • S. Fieuws

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
    • Department of Biostatistics, Universiteit Hasselt, Belgium
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  • R. Aerts

      Affiliations

    • Department of Abdominal Surgery, University Hospital Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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  • M. Thijs

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University Hospital Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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  • F. Penninckx

      Affiliations

    • Department of Abdominal Surgery, University Hospital Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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  • B. Topal

      Affiliations

    • Department of Abdominal Surgery, University Hospital Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Abdominal Surgery, University Hospital Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium. Tel.: +32 16 344265; fax: +32 16 344832.

,Accepted 10 May 2010.

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☆ ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00922181.

PII: S0748-7983(10)00121-6

doi: 10.1016/j.ejso.2010.05.013

European Journal of Surgical Oncology
Volume 36, Issue 8 , Pages 725-730 , August 2010

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