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cord-006394-ucthbqvt	Pawlik, Timothy M.	Combined Resection and Radiofrequency Ablation for Advanced Hepatic Malignancies: Results in 172 Patients	2003		.txt	text/plain	6124	313	45	Conclusions: Resection combined with RFA provides a surgical option to a group of patients with liver metastases who traditionally are unresectable, and may increase long-term survival. Surgical resection of primary and metastatic liver tumors is considered to be the optimal treatment modality with a curative effect, offering a 5-year survival rate between 20% and 35%. For purposes of this study, the following were collected for all patients: patient age and sex; tumor histology, number, location, and size; type of surgical resection; operative details; disease status; follow-up date; death date; and complication data. Those patients who had more than 10 tumors treated with combined hepatic resection and RFA were significantly more likely to have a shorter time to recurrence than those with less disease (HR ϭ 1.63, CI ϭ 1.12-2.36, P ϭ .009). Our group of 172 patients treated with combined hepatic resection and RFA of malignant liver tumors is the largest series reported to date.	./cache/cord-006394-ucthbqvt.txt	./txt/cord-006394-ucthbqvt.txt