Are the results of surgical treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma poor if the tumor has spontaneously ruptured?

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 567-570

  Mizuno, S ^a   Yamagiwa, K ^a   Ogawa, T ^a   Tabata, M ^a   Yokoi, H ^a   Isaji, S ^a   Uemoto, S ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cancer of the Liver Italian Program (CLIP) prognostic score; Ruptured hepatollecular carcinoma; TNM staging system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER RUPTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3142756621     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365520410005135     Document Type: Article

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