Clinicopathologic features and factors related to survival of patients with small hepatocellular carcinoma after hepatic resection

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 294-298

  Chen, Jui Yu ^a,b   Chau, Gar Yang ^a,b   Lui, Wing Yiu ^a,b   Tsay, Shyh Haw ^a,b   King, Kuang Liang ^a,b   Wu, Chew Wun ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL RATE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038644791     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-002-6539-6     Document Type: Article

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