Analysis of Tumor Characteristics and Survival in Liver Transplant Recipients with Incidentally Diagnosed Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 594-602

  Cho, Clifford S ^a   Knechtle, Stuart J ^a   Heisey, Dennis M ^a   Hermina, Mona ^a   Armbrust, Michael ^a   D'Alessandro, Anthony M ^a   Musat, Alexandru I ^a   Kalayoglu, Munci ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Incidental; Liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0346312228     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1091-255X(01)80101-3     Document Type: Article

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