Rate of incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with compensated viral cirrhosis

Cancer

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2132-2137

  Chiaramonte, Maria ^a   Stroffolini, Tommaso ^b   Vian, Alfredo ^a   Stazi, Maria Antonia ^b   Floreani, Annarosa ^a   Lorenzoni, Umberto ^a   Lobello, Salvatore ^a   Farinati, Fabio ^a   Naccarato, Remo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0033562669     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19990515)85:10<2132::AID-CNCR6>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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