Clinicopathological features, post-surgical survival and prognostic indicators of elderly patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 767-772

  Zhou, L ^a   Rui, J A ^a   Wang, S B ^a   Chen, S G ^a   Qu, Q ^a   Chi, T Y ^a   Wei, X ^a   Han, K ^a   Zhang, N ^a   Zhao, H T ^a  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Elderly; Hepatic resection; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Prognostic indicator; Survival

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER NODULE; LIVER RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASM CIRCULATING CELLS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASTIC CELLS, CIRCULATING; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33747756127     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2006.03.050     Document Type: Article

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