Morphologic approach to hepatocellular carcinoma development in man: De novo or the so-called 'dysplastic nodule-carcinoma' sequence?

Oncology Reports

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 737-743

  Taguchi, Ken Ichi ^a   Asayama, Yoshiki ^a   Aishima, Shin Ichi ^a   Nishi, Hidehiro ^a   Sugimachi, Keishi ^a   Matsuura, Shuji ^a   Terashi, Takahiro ^a   Yamanaka, Takeharu ^a   Shimada, Mitsuo ^a   Sugimachi, Keizo ^a   Tsuneyoshi, Masazumi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatocarcinogenesis; Hepatocellular carcinoma

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PRECANCER; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS;

EID: 18744437398     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: 17912431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/or.9.4.737     Document Type: Article

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