Incidence and risk factors for hepatocellular carcinoma in 967 patients with cirrhosis

Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology

Volumn 124, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 560-564

  Del Olmo, Juan Angel ^a   Serra, Miguel Angel ^a   Rodríguez, Felicidad ^a   Escudero, Amparo ^a   Gilabert, Sales ^a   Rodrigo, José Manuel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alcohol abuse; Cirrhosis; Hepatitis B virus; Hepatitis C virus; Hepatocellular carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0031764196     PISSN: 01715216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004320050215     Document Type: Article

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