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. 2017 Jun;66(6):1172-1173.
doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2016-312629. Epub 2016 Nov 24.

Percutaneous cooled-probe microwave versus radiofrequency ablation in early-stage hepatocellular carcinoma: a phase III randomised controlled trial

Jie Yu  1 , Xiao-Ling Yu  1 , Zhi-Yu Han  1 , Zhi-Gang Cheng  1 , Fang-Yi Liu  1 , Hong-Yan Zhai  2 , Meng-Juan Mu  1 , Yan-Mei Liu  1 , Ping Liang  1
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Percutaneous cooled-probe microwave versus radiofrequency ablation in early-stage hepatocellular carcinoma: a phase III randomised controlled trial

Jie Yu et al. Gut. 2017 Jun.
No abstract available

Keywords: AUDIT; CANCER; CLINICAL TRIALS; HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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Figure 1
Survival comparison between microwave ablation (MWA) and radiofrequency ablation (RFA) of early-stage hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). (A) Overall survival curves after MWA and RFA of HCC. There is no significant difference between two treatments (P=0.91). (B) Disease free survival curves after MWA and RFA of HCC. There is no significant difference between two treatments (P=0.07).
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