Survival of patients with early hepatocellular carcinoma treated by percutaneous alcohol injection

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1329-1335

  Andriulli, A ^a   De Sio, I ^b   Brunello, F ^c   Salmi, A ^d   Solmi, L ^e   Facciorusso, D ^a   Caturelli, E ^f   Perri, F ^a  

^a CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b University Hospital   (Italy)

^c MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d S Orsola Hospital   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^f BELCOLLE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; EARLY CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS ALCOHOL INJECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR VOLUME; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645710044     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: 13652036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2006.02901.x     Document Type: Article

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