Perioperative blood transfusion as a prognostic indicator in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 676-680

  Asahara, Toshimasa ^a   Katayama, Kouji ^a   Itamoto, Toshiyuki ^a   Yano, Masatsugu ^a   Hino, Hiroshi ^a   Okamoto, Yuzo ^a   Nakahara, Hideki ^a   Dohi, Kiyohiko ^a   Moriwaki, Katsufumi ^a   Yuge, Osafumi ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 13044293396     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00012367     Document Type: Article

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