Radiation therapy for portal venous invasion by hepatocellular carcinoma

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 11, Issue 46, 2005, Pages 7237-7241

  Nakagawa, Keiichi ^a   Yamashita, Hideomi ^a   Shiraishi, Kenshiro ^a   Nakamura, Naoki ^a   Tago, Masao ^a   Igaki, Hiroshi ^a   Hosoi, Yoshio ^a   Shiina, Shuichiro ^a   Omata, Masao ^a   Makuuchi, Masatoshi ^a   Ohtomo, Kuni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Portal venous invasion; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER INVASION; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HEPATIC COMA; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROWAVE THERAPY; PORTAL VEIN; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; SAFETY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 31344467488     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i46.7237     Document Type: Article

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