Predictors of long-term survival after liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 100, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2708-2716

  Zavaglia, Claudio ^a,c   De Carlis, Luciano ^a   Alberti, Alberto Battista ^a   Minola, Ernesto ^a   Belli, Luca Saverio ^a   Slim, Abdallah Omar ^a   Airoldi, Aldo ^a   Giacomoni, Alessandro ^a   Rondinara, Gianfranco ^a   Tinelli, Carmine ^b   Forti, Domenico ^a   Pinzello, Giovambattista ^a  

^a OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^c FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; PREDNISOLONE; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL INVASION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; GRAFT REJECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL TIME; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CANCER STAGING; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; ITALY; LIVER TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROBABILITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL; TIME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; ITALY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION IMMUNOLOGY;

EID: 33644827877     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.00289.x     Document Type: Article

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