Growth rate of primary single hepatocellular carcinoma: Determining optimal screening interval with contrast enhanced computed tomography

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 581-586

  Kubota, Kazunori ^a,b,d   Ina, Hiroyasu ^a   Okada, Yoichi ^c   Irie, Tetsuya ^a  

^a Nakano General Hospital   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN MATSUZAWA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d Nakano General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Growth rate; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELL DIVISION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PORTOGRAPHY; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTHROMBIN; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037338938     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022505203786     Document Type: Article

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