Hepatic malignancy: Challenges and opportunities for the surgeon

Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 99-109

  Usatoff, V ^a   Habib, N ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colorectal liver metastases; Cytoreductive treatments; Hepatic malignancy; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver resection; Liver transplantation; Multimodality therapy

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER STAGING; COLORECTAL CANCER; CRYOSURGERY; GENE THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REVIEW; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ALGORITHMS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; GENE THERAPY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PALLIATIVE CARE;

EID: 0034007336     PISSN: 00358835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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