Liver transplantation for hepatic malignancies

European Surgery - Acta Chirurgica Austriaca

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 63-68

  Soliman, Thomas ^a   Berlakovich, G A ^a   Muhlbacher F ^a   Steininger, R ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Hepatic malignancy; Hepatocellulary carcinoma; Liver transplantation; Organ shortage

Indexed keywords

AUSTRIA; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HEPATOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER NODULE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TUMOR; LOCAL THERAPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; RARE DISEASE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644750249     PISSN: 16821769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10353-005-0208-6     Document Type: Review

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