Complete disappearance of recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma with peritoneal dissemination and splenic metastasis: A unique clinical course after surgery

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 327-330

  Terasaki, Takamitsu ^a,b   Hanazaki, Kazuhiro ^b   Shiohara, Eiichi ^a   Matsunaga, Yuji ^a   Koide, Naohiko ^b   Amano, Jun ^b  

^a Asama General Hospital   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatectomy; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Spontaneous regression; Tegafur and uracil

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CA 125 ANTIGEN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; UFT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER REGRESSION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER RESECTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERITONEUM METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT CANCER; SPLEEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034031158     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1746.2000.02092.x     Document Type: Article

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