Clinical features of hepatocellular carcinoma in the elderly: A study of 91 patients older than 70 years

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 690-693

  Nomura, F ^a   Ohnishi, K ^b   Honda, M ^c   Satomura, Y ^c   Nakai, T ^a   Okuda, K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Nagasaki Daigaku Byoin   (Japan)

^d CHIBA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HUMAN; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0027968336     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1994.374     Document Type: Article

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