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Combined Liver Surgery and RFA for Patients With Gastroenteropancreatic Endocrine Tumors Presenting With More Than 15 Metastases to the Liver
Combined Liver Surgery and RFA for Liver Metastases From Endocrine Tumors
D Elias, D Goéré, G Leroux, C Dromain, S Leboulleux, Th de Baere, M Ducreux, E Baudin
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2009 Oct 1
Eur J Surg Oncol
Combined Liver Surgery and RFA for Patients With Gastroenteropancreatic Endocrine Tumors Presenting With More Than 15 Metastases to the Liver
Eur J Surg Oncol. 2009 Oct 1;35(10):1092-1097, D Elias, D Goéré, G Leroux, C Dromain, S Leboulleux, Th de Baere, M Ducreux, E Baudin
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Aim: The aim of this study was to report the feasibility and early survival results of liver metastases (LM) resection combining cytoreductive surgery and radiofrequency ablation (RFA) during a one-step procedure, in patients presenting more than 15 bilateral LM from well-differentiated endocrine carcinoma. It is an extensive application of the current guidelines. Methods: In this retrospective review of a prospectively collected database, we used a combination of hepatectomy to treat large or...
