Hepatocellular carcinoma in extremely elderly patients: An analysis of clinical characteristics, prognosis and patient survival

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 48-53

  Tsukioka, Gengo ^a   Kakizaki, Satoru ^a   Sohara, Naondo ^a   Sato, Ken ^a   Takagi, Hitoshi ^a   Arai, Hirotaka ^b   Abe, Takehiko ^b   Toyoda, Mitsuo ^c   Katakai, Kenji ^c   Kojima, Akira ^d   Yamazaki, Yuichi ^e   Otsuka, Toshiyuki ^e   Matsuzaki, Yutaka ^f   Makita, Fujio ^f   Kanda, Daisuke ^g   Horiuchi, Katsuhiko ^h   Hamada, Tetsuya ⁱ   Kaneko, Mieko ⁱ   Suzuki, Hideyuki ^j   Mori, Masatomo ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MAEBASHI RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Isesaki Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^d Kiryu Welfare General Hospital   (Japan)

^e Tone Chuo Hospital   (Japan)

^f National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

^g SAISEIKAI MAEBASHI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^h Public Tomioka General Hospital   (Japan)

ⁱ FUJI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD   (Japan)

^j Department of Gastroenterology   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Cause of death; Extremely elderly patients; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PROGNOSIS; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION;

EID: 31144479682     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i1.48     Document Type: Article

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