Two cases of spontaneous regression of multicentric hepatocellular carcinoma after intraperitoneal rupture: Possible role of immune mechanisms

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1355-1359

  Blondon, Hugues ^a,c   Fritsch, Laurence ^a   Cherqui, Daniel ^b  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER   (France)

^b HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Ctr Hosp Agglomeration Montargoise   (France)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Immunology; Liver tumour; Spontaneous regression

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUPTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR REGRESSION;

AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM REGRESSION, SPONTANEOUS; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; PERITONEAL DISEASES; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 10344263442     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200412000-00020     Document Type: Article

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