Pathology of early hepatocellular carcinoma: Progression from early to advanced

Seminars in Surgical Oncology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 197-203

  Kojiro, Masamichi ^a   Yano, Hirohisa ^a   Nakashima, Osamu ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

dedifferentiation; early hepatocellular carcinoma; nodule in nodule; tumor proliferation

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DISEASE COURSE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029929115     PISSN: 87560437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2388(199605/06)12:3<197::AID-SSU10>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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