Comparison between the fifth and sixth editions of the AJCC/UICC TNM staging systems for hepatocellular carcinoma: Multicentric study on 393 cirrhotic resected patients

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 760-767

  Varotti, G ^a   Ramacciato, G ^b   Ercolani, G ^a   Grazi, G L ^a   Vetrone, G ^a   Cescon, M ^a   Del Gaudio, M ^a   Ravaioli, M ^a   Ziparo, V ^b   Lauro, A ^a   Pinna, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver resection; Liver tumours; TNM staging

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER GRADING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 23944447859     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2005.04.008     Document Type: Article

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