title: [Radiofrequency wave treatment of liver tumors].
abstract: The surgical therapy modifies the survival of the patients affections from tumor of the liver, primitive or secondary. The concomitance of cirrhosis, the dimensions, center and the distribution of the tumor reduces notably the number of the patients that they could be subjected to resection. The authors expose their experience with the employment of the radiofrequency thermoablation in the cases not tractable by means of surgery.
authors.affiliation: Divisione Oncologia Chirurgica, Ospedale Oncologico Regionale, Cagliari.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cabula
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Piga
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000401:mortality / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D004564:Electrocoagulation; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000401:mortality / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D000078702:Radiofrequency Therapy; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015996:Survival Rate; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome