Reliability of Contemporary Radiology to Measure Tumour Size of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Patients Undergoing Resection: Limitations and Clinical Implications

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 46-52

  Huo, T I ^a   Wu, J C ^a   Lui, W Y ^a   Lee, R C ^a   Loong, C C ^a   Huang, Y H ^a   Tsay, S H ^a   Chang, F Y ^a   Lee, S D ^a  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver cirrhosis; Recurrence; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SIZE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEPATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER LOBECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT CANCER; RELIABILITY; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 1242314800     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365520310007242     Document Type: Article

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