Is surgery for large hepatocellular carcinoma justified?

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1062-1068

  Régimbeau, Jean Marc ^a   Farges, Olivier ^a   Shen, Bai Yong ^a   Sauvanet, Alain ^a   Belghiti, Jacques ^a  

^a BEAUJON HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Hepatic resection; Hepatocellular carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0344719196     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(99)80319-5     Document Type: Article

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