Liver transplantation for the treatment of small hepatocellular carcinomas in patients with cirrhosis

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 334, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 693-699

  Mazzaferro, Vincenzo ^a   Regalia, Enrico ^a   Doci, Roberto ^a   Andreola, Salvatore ^b   Pulvirenti, Andrea ^a   Bozzetti, Federico ^a   Montalto, Fabrizio ^a   Ammatuna, Mario ^b   Morabito, Alberto ^c   Gennari, Leandro ^a,b  

^a Liver Transplantation Unit   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0345299824     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199603143341104     Document Type: Article

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