Background and Purpose— A systematic review of the prospective studies addressing the
relationship of overweight and obesity to major stroke subtypes is lacking. We evaluated the …

Aims This review aimed at investigating fruit, vegetable and legume consumption, salt/sodium
intake, and the adherence to the Mediterranean dietary pattern in adolescents, three key …

The aim of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of RF interstitial thermal ablation for
treating hepatic cancer. Fifty patients, 39 who had 41 hepatocellular carcinoma nodules and 11 …

The aim of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of expandable RF needle electrodes in
the treatment of hepatic cancer. Thirty-seven patients, 23 of whom had 26 hepatocellular …

… A guide wire was advanced into the proper hepatic artery, and the 5.0-F catheter was
replaced with a 7.0-F catheter that had an 11.5-mm occlusion balloon at the tip (Medi-tech/Boston …

Objective: Determine the histologic response-rate (complete versus partial tumor extinction)
after single radiofrequency ablation (RFA) of small hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) arising …

Purpose Very few patients affected by hepatocellular carcinoma can undergo surgery, though
it is considered the only curative therapy. We evaluated minimally invasive, percutaneous …

Background and aims To systematically review the latest evidence on established and
emerging nutrition-related risk factors for incidence of and mortality from total, ischemic and …

In most patients with cirrhosis, successful percutaneous ablation or surgical resection of
hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is followed by recurrence. Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) has …

BACKGROUND This study was designed to determine the feasibility, maximum tolerated
dose, and toxicities of intraarterial administration of paclitaxel‐albumin nanoparticles in …