Liver transplantation in the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma

Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 24-28

  Marsh, J Wallis ^a   Dvorchik, Igor ^b   Iwatsuki, Shunzaburo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Orthotopic liver transplantation; Outcomes prediction models

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031608570     PISSN: 09441166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00009946     Document Type: Article

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