Liver transplantation for hepatocellular cancer: Should the current indication criteria be changed?

Transplant International

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 115-122

  De Carlis, Luciano ^a   Giacomoni, Alessandro ^a   Lauterio, Andrea ^a   Slim, Abdallah ^a   Sammartino, Cinzia ^a   Pirotta, Vincenzo ^a   Colella, Giovanni ^a   Forti, Domenico ^a  

^a OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Indication criteria; Liver transplantation; Transarterial chemoembolization

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037979062     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2003.tb00272.x     Document Type: Article

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