Screening for hepatocellular carcinoma

Digestion

Volumn 59, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1998, Pages 70-71

  Colombo, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

fetoprotein; Cirrhosis; Liver cancer; Screening; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; ULTRASOUND;

ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MASS SCREENING; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 0031853720     PISSN: 00122823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000051428     Document Type: Conference Paper

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