Liver transplantation and hepatocellular carcinoma biology: Beginning of the end of the era of educated guesses

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 23, 2003, Pages 4265-4267

  Vauthey, Jean Nicolas ^a   Ajani, Jaffer A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; EDITORIAL; EDUCATION; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUMOR VOLUME; UNITED STATES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; LIVER TUMOR; MORTALITY; NOTE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0642307266     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2003.07.979     Document Type: Editorial

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