The HepCar registry: Report on a one-year registration program of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in Belgium. What is daily practice in HCC?

Acta Gastro-Enterologica Belgica

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 403-411

  Van Vlierberghe, Hans ^a   Colle, I ^a   Henrion, J ^b   Michielsen, P ^c   Delwaide, J ^d   Reynaert, H ^e   Borbath, I ^f   Martinet, J P ^g   Sprengers, D ^h   Brenard, R ⁱ  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b Hospital de Jolimont   (Belgium)

^c ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^e FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^f CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF MONT GODINNE   (Belgium)

^h SINT AUGUSTINUS HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

ⁱ Hopital St Joseph   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Screening; Survival; Transplantation; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEPCAR REGISTRY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BELGIUM; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 30344434973     PISSN: 00015644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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