Indication and limitation of surgical treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma with tumor thrombus in the portal vein

Kanzo/Acta Hepatologica Japonica

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 211-221

  Yamazaki, Osamu ^a   Matsuyama, Mitsuharu ^a   Horii, Katsuhiko ^a   Shimizu, Sadatoshi ^a   Uenishi, Takahiro ^a   Tamamori, Yutaka ^a   Oka, Hiroko ^a   Kioka, Kiyohide ^a   Kurai, Osamu ^a   Kawasaki, Yasuko ^a   Nakai, Takashi ^a   Manabe, Takao ^a   Murata, Katsuko ^a   Matsuo, Ryoichi ^a   Inoue, Takeshi ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; ASCITES; CANCER MORTALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER INJURY; LIVER RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR THROMBUS;

EID: 0038801410     PISSN: 04514203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2957/kanzo.44.211     Document Type: Article

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