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ArticleJournal of clinical and translational hepatology2018

Microwave Ablation in Intermediate Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Cirrhosis: An Italian Multicenter Prospective Study.

Antonio Giorgio, Pietro Gatti, Luca Montesarchio, Maria Gabriella Merola, Ferdinando Amendola, Andrea Calvanese, Gaetano Iaquinto, Massimiliano Fontana, Emanuela Ciracì, Stefano Semeraro and 4 more

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Article in Journal of clinical and translational hepatology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  5. [Curative effect of percutaneous microwave ablation therapy on hepatocellular carcinoma survival: a 15-year real-world study].Zhonghua gan zang bing za zhi = Zhonghua ganzangbing zazhi = Chinese journal of hepatology · 2024
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  7. Oncological Outcomes of Operative Microwave Ablation for Intermediate Stage Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Experience in 246 Consecutive Patients.Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2022
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  14. Management of patients with intermediate stage hepatocellular carcinoma.Therapeutic advances in medical oncology · 2020
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  17. Role of Radiotherapy in the Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma.Journal of clinical and translational hepatology · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Antonio GiorgioDepartment of Internal Medicine, Interventional Ultrasound Unit, Tortorella Clinical Hospital, Salerno, Italy.
Pietro GattiDepartment of Internal Medicine, Interventional Ultrasound Unit, Ostuni Hospital, Ostuni, Italy.
Luca MontesarchioDepartment of Internal Medicine, Interventional Ultrasound Unit, Tortorella Clinical Hospital, Salerno, Italy.
Maria Gabriella MerolaInterventional Ultrasound Unit, Athena Clinical Institute, Piedimonte, Italy.
Ferdinando AmendolaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Interventional Ultrasound Unit, Tortorella Clinical Hospital, Salerno, Italy.
Andrea CalvaneseDepartment of Internal Medicine, Interventional Ultrasound Unit, Tortorella Clinical Hospital, Salerno, Italy.
Gaetano IaquintoInterventional Ultrasound Unit, S. Rita Medical-Surgical Hospital, Atripalda, Italy.
Massimiliano FontanaInterventional Ultrasound Unit, S. Rita Medical-Surgical Hospital, Atripalda, Italy.
Emanuela CiracìDepartment of Internal Medicine, Interventional Ultrasound Unit, Ostuni Hospital, Ostuni, Italy.
Stefano SemeraroDepartment of Internal Medicine, Interventional Ultrasound Unit, Ostuni Hospital, Ostuni, Italy.
Bruno SantoroInterventional Ultrasound Unit, Athena Clinical Institute, Piedimonte, Italy.
Carmine CoppolaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Hepatology Interventional Unit, Gragnano Hospital, Gragnano, Italy.
Paolo MatteucciDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Campus Biomedico University, Rome, Italy.
Valentina GiorgioDepartment of Pediatrics, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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CirrhosisHCCHepatocellular carcinomaIntermediate stageMicrowaves ablation

Identifiers

PMID30271736
PMCPMC6160301

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