Polyamine Metabolism and Recurrence after Resection for Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 51, Issue 55, 2004, Pages 208-210

  Kubo, Shoji ^a   Tamori, Akihiro ^a   Tanaka, Hiromu ^a   Takemura, Shigekazu ^a   Shuto, Taichi ^a   Hirohashi, Kazuhiro ^a   Kinoshita, Hiroaki ^a   Nishiguchi, Shuhei ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Intrahepatic metastasis; Liver resection; Ornithine decarboxylase; Polyamine; Portal invasion; Tumor free survival rate

Indexed keywords

ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; POLYAMINE; SPERMIDINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER RESECTION; METASTASIS; POLYAMINE METABOLISM; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT CANCER; SURVIVAL RATE; TISSUE LEVEL;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; POLYAMINES;

EID: 10744223161     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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