Adverse hepatic events caused by radiotherapy for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1512-1518

  Furuse, Junji ^a   Ishii, Hiroshi ^a   Nagase, Michitaka ^a   Kawashima, Mitsuhiko ^a   Ogino, Takashi ^a   Yoshino, Masahiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL EAST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adverse event; External beam radiotherapy; Hepatocellular carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; INOPERABLE CANCER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUMOR THROMBUS; LIVER; LIVER TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASCITES; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644690200     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2005.03916.x     Document Type: Article

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