Multicentric hepatocellular carcinomas tend to grow in more damaged segments of the liver

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 441-444

  Ariizumi, Shunichi ^a   Takasaki, Ken ^a   Yamamoto, Masakazu ^a   Ohtsubo, Takehito ^a   Saito, Akiko ^a   Nakano, Masayuki ^b  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver segmentation; Multicentric occurrence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SURGERY; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER INJURY; LIVER REGENERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT;

EID: 0033936445     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005350070089     Document Type: Article

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