Validity of hepatic resection for cancer in the elderly

Annali Italiani di Chirurgia

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 397-401

  Chiappa, A ^a   Zbar, A P ^b   Biella, F ^a   Crotti, C ^a   Staudacher, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age; Liver resection; Survival

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0141687191     PISSN: 0003469X     EISSN: 2239253X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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