Step classification is useful for the determination of indications for systematized hepatectomy in hepatocellular carcinoma

Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 371-377

  Ariizumi, Shun Ichi ^a   Yamamoto, Masakazu ^a   Ohtsubo, Takehito ^a   Katsuragawa, Hideo ^a   Katagiri, Satoshi ^a   Takasaki, Ken ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Staging system; Surgical outcome; Systematized hepatectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER RESECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CODING; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 27944488388     PISSN: 09441166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00534-005-1003-2     Document Type: Article

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