Impact of Preoperative Fine-needle Aspiration Cytologic Examination on Clinical Outcome in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma in a Tertiary Referral Center

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 193-200

  Ng, Kelvin Kwok Chai ^a   Poon, Ronnie Tung Ping ^a   Lo, Chung Mau ^a   Liu, Chi Leung ^a   Lam, Chi Ming ^a   Ng, Irene Oi Lin ^a   Fan, Sheung Tat ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER NODULE; LIVER RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM CIRCULATING CELLS; NEOPLASM SEEDING; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REFERENCE VALUES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0842331403     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.139.2.193     Document Type: Article

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