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The Minimal Ablative Margin of Radiofrequency Ablation of Hepatocellular Carcinoma (> 2 and < 5 cm) Needed to Prevent Local Tumor Progression: 3D Quantitative Assessment Using CT Image Fusion

Youngsun Kim, Won Jae Lee, Hyunchul Rhim, Hyo Keun Lim, Dongil Choi, Ji Young Lee

American Journal of Roentgenology · 2010 · 272 citations · 27 references

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Abstract

When the thickness of the ablative margin is evaluated by CT image fusion, a margin of 3 mm or more appears to be associated with a lower rate of local tumor progression after percutaneous RFA of HCC.

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Management of Hepatocellular Carcinoma *

Jordi Bruix, Morris Sherman · Hepatology · 2005 · 5.9K citations · Full text

Sustained complete response and complications rates after radiofrequency ablation of very early hepatocellular carcinoma in cirrhosis: Is resection still the treatment of choice?

Tito Livraghi, Maria Franca Meloni, M. Stasi et al. · Hepatology · 2007 · 1.1K citations

Early-Stage Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Patients with Cirrhosis: Long-term Results of Percutaneous Image-guided Radiofrequency Ablation

Riccardo Lencioni, Dania Cioni, Laura Crocetti et al. · Radiology · 2005 · 866 citations

Volume-preserving nonrigid registration of MR breast images using free-form deformation with an incompressibility constraint

Torsten Rohlfing, Calvin R. Maurer, David A. Bluemke et al. · IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging · 2003 · 434 citations

Significance of Resection Margin in Hepatectomy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Ronnie Tung‐Ping Poon, Irene Oi‐Lin Ng, John Wong · Annals of Surgery · 2000 · 357 citations · Full text