Spontaneous complete regression of hepatocellular carcinoma with portal vein tumor thrombus

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 50, Issue 53, 2003, Pages 1628-1630

  Iiai, Tsuneo ^a   Sato, Yoshinobu ^a   Nabatame, Nobuyuki ^a   Yamamoto, Satoshi ^a   Makino, Shigeto ^a   Hatakeyama, Katsuyoshi ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Portal vein tumor thrombus; Spontaneous regression

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ABDOMINAL ANGIOGRAPHY; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER REGRESSION; CASE REPORT; CELL VIABILITY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEPATITIS C; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER LOBECTOMY; MALE; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR THROMBUS; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASM CIRCULATING CELLS; NEOPLASM REGRESSION, SPONTANEOUS; PORTAL VEIN; PORTOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0141540357     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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