Resection, transplantation, either, or both? Other pieces of the puzzle

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1177-1180

  Majno, Pietro ^a,c   Mentha, Gilles ^a   Mazzaferro, Vincenzo ^b  

^a Geneva Liver Cancer Study Group   (Switzerland)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; AGING; EDITORIAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; REOPERATION;

EID: 27244434597     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.20495     Document Type: Editorial

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