Treatment of small hepatocellular carcinoma with percutaneous ethanol injection. Analysis of prognostic factors in 105 western patients

Cancer

Volumn 76, Issue 10, 1995, Pages 1737-1746

  Lencioni, Riccardo ^a   Bartolozzi, Carlo ^a   Caramella, Davide ^a   Paolicchi, Alessandro ^a   Carrai, Mario ^a   Maltinti, Giacomo ^a   Capria, Alfonso ^b   Tafi, Alessandro ^c   Conte, Pier Franco ^a   Bevilacqua, Generoso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b Cisanello University Hospital   (Italy)

^c Gastroenterology Unit   (Italy)

Author keywords

hepatocellular carcinoma; percutaneous ethanol injection; prognostic factor; tumor multiplicity; tumor size

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; AGED; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CAUSE OF DEATH; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0028871580     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(19951115)76:10<1737::AID-CNCR2820761010>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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