Indications for hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma - What stage of the disease is the best indication for surgery?

Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 14-17

  Sasaki, Yo ^a   Imaoka, Shingi ^a   Nakano, Hiroshi ^a   Ishikawa, Osamu ^a   Ohigashi, Hiroaki ^a   Yasuda, Takushi ^a   Nakamori, Shoji ^a   Kameyama, Masao ^a   Hiratsuka, Masahiro ^a   Kabuto, Toshiyuki ^a   Furukawa, Hiroshi ^a   Kasugai, Hiroshi ^a   Inoue, Atsuo ^a   Fujita, Makoto ^a   Inoue, Etsuo ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL CENTER FOR CANCER AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatic resection; Indications for hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma; PEI; TAE

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; SURVIVAL;

AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031603678     PISSN: 09441166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00009944     Document Type: Article

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