Is preoperative portal vein embolization effective in improving prognosis after major hepatic resection in patients with advanced-stage hepatocellular carcinoma?

Cancer

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 2384-2390

  Wakabayashi, Hisao ^a   Ishimura, Ken ^a   Okano, Keiichi ^a   Izuishi, Kunihiko ^a   Karasawa, Yukihiko ^a   Goda, Fuminori ^a   Maeba, Takashi ^a   Maeta, Hajime ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatectomy; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Longterm prognosis; Portal vein embolization; Remote organ metastasis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PORTAL VEIN; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PORTAL VEIN; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035498626     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(20011101)92:9<2384::AID-CNCR1586>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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