Increased mortality after liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma in hepatitis B-associated cirrhosis

Transplant International

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 33-36

  Jonas, Sven ^a   Steinmüller, Thomas ^a   Tullius, Stefan G ^a   Thelen, Armin ^a   Settmacher, Utz ^a   Berg, Thomas ^a   Radtke, Cornelia ^a   Neuhaus, Peter ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Hepatitis B; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver transplantation; Tumor recurrence

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS B; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NODULE; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REINFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL;

EID: 0037603599     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2003.tb00220.x     Document Type: Article

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