Efficacy of a surveillance program for early detection of hepatocellular carcinoma

Cancer

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 977-985

  Zoli, Marco ^a,b   Magalotti, Donatella ^a   Blanchi, Giampaolo ^a   Gueli, Cristina ^a   Marchesini, Giulio ^a   Pisi, Emilio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

fetoprotein; cirrhosis; hepatocellular carcinoma; ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0029839931     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19960901)78:5<977::AID-CNCR6>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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