Surgical treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma in China: Surgical techniques, indications, and outcomes

Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery

Volumn 390, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 259-265

  Chen, Xiao Ping ^a   Huang, Zhi Yong ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

HCC; Liver; Resection; Surgical treatment; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHINA; HUMAN; HYPERSPLENISM; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBECTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHINA; CRYOSURGERY; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; HYPERSPLENISM; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NEOPLASM CIRCULATING CELLS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PORTAL VEIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLENECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 21244487771     PISSN: 14352443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00423-005-0552-9     Document Type: Article

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