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Radiofrequency ablation versus surgical resection in elderly patients with early-stage hepatocellular carcinoma in the era of organ shortage

BACKGROUND/AIMS: To compare the survival benefits of surgical resection (SR) with those of radiofrequency ablation (RFA) in elderly patients (≥65 years) with single hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) ≤5 cm. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Using the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database, a total of...

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Autores principales: Yu, Bin, Ding, Youming, Liao, Xiaofeng, Wang, Changhua, Wang, Bin, Chen, Xiaoyan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6253917/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30117492
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/sjg.SJG_261_18