Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma of the liver: A clinicopathologic study of 137 cases

Cancer

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 562-582

  Makhlouf, Hala R ^a   Ishak, Kamal G ^a,b   Goodman, Zachary D ^a  

^a Veterans Administration   (United States)

^b ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical aspects; Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma; Liver; Pathology follow up

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL DIVISION; CHILD; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA, EPITHELIOID; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KI-67 ANTIGEN; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033082317     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19990201)85:3<562::AID-CNCR7>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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