Management strategies for colorectal liver metastases - Part I

Surgical Oncology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-30

  Hugh, Thomas J ^a   Kinsellat, Anne R ^b   Poston, Graeme J ^a  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Liver metastases; Liver resection; Prognostic factors

Indexed keywords

CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYOTHERAPY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; LIVER BLOOD FLOW; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER SCINTISCANNING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CLINICAL TRIALS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0030729406     PISSN: 09607404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-7404(97)00002-9     Document Type: Review

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