TY - BOOK AU - Waleed Ahmed Mohamed Elagawy AU - Ekram Hamed Hamed , AU - Gamal Eldin Esmat , AU - Nabeel Moustafa Elkady , TI - Hypertonic saline enhanced radiofrequency versus chemoembolization sequential radiofrequency in medium and large sized hepatocellular carcinoma / PY - 2011/// CY - Cairo : PB - Waleed Ahmed Mohamed Elagawy , KW - Chemoembolization KW - Hepatocellular carcinoma KW - Radiofrequency ablation N1 - Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Tropical Medicine; Issued also as CD N2 - Hepatocellular carcinoma ( HCC ) is curently the fifth most common solid tumor worldwide and the third leading cause of cancer - related death . Large tumor size appear to be a major obstacle for RFA, so attempts to increase the volume of coagulation by injecting hypertonic saline before, during or both before and during RFA application UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -