Multimodal therapy before liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma

Hepatology Research

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 112-115

  Vitale, Alessandro ^a   Brolese, Alberto ^a   Zanus, Giacomo ^a   Bassanello, Marco ^a   Montin, Umberto ^a   Gringeri, Enrico ^a   D'Amico, Francesco ^a   Ciarleglio, Francesco Antonio ^a   Carraro, Amedeo ^a   Cappuzzo, Gianluca ^a   Bridda, Alessio ^a   D'Amico, Davide Francesco ^a   Cillo, Umberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Grading; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Multimodal therapy; Orthotopic liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CARBOPLATIN; CYCLOSPORIN; FLUOROURACIL; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT REJECTION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER NODULE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RECURRENCE RISK; RISK REDUCTION; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 20144373036     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hepres.2004.12.001     Document Type: Article

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