Clinicopathologic features and prognostic factors of resected solitary small-sized hepatocellular carcinoma

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 52, Issue 64, 2005, Pages 1163-1167

  Fukuda, Saburo ^a   Itamoto, Toshiyuki ^a   Nakahara, Hideki ^a   Kohashi, Toshihiko ^a   Ohdan, Hideki ^a   Hino, Hiroshi ^a   Ochi, Makoto ^a   Tashiro, Hirotaka ^a   Asahara, Toshimasa ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatic resection; Prognostic factors; Small sized hepatocellular carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATIC VEIN; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 21744461289     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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