Predictive factors for recurrence after percutaneous ethanol injection for solitary hepatocellular carcinoma

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 938-943

  Ishii, Hiroshi ^a   Okada, Shuichi ^a   Nose, Haruhiko ^a   Okusaka, Takuji ^a   Nagahama, Hiroyasu ^a   Nakayama, Hidetsugu ^a   Nakasuka, Hidekazu ^a   Yoshimori, Masayoshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alpha fetoprotein; Cirrhosis; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRATUMORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0029793308     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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