Hepatocellular carcinoma in a low-incidence region: Surgical perspectives

Digestive Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 373-378

  Mala, Tom ^a   Mathisen, Øystein ^a   Bergan, Anstein ^a   Søreide, Odd ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Cirrhosis; Hepatectomy; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver neoplasms; Liver resection; Low incidence; Prognosis; Survival; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SURGICAL WARD; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NORWAY; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036435809     PISSN: 02534886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000065834     Document Type: Article

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