Surgical results of hepatic resection for hepatocellular carcinoma with gross diaphragmatic invasion

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 52, Issue 65, 2005, Pages 1497-1501

  Lin, Min Che ^a,b   Wu, Cheng Chung ^a,b   Chen, Jung Ta ^a   Lin, Chia Cheng ^a   Liu, Tse Jia ^a,b  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Diaphragm; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver resection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DIAPHRAGM; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 25844498487     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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