Impact of Surveillance on Survival of Patients With Initial Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Study From Japan

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1170-1176

  Toyoda, Hidenori ^a   Kumada, Takashi ^a   Kiriyama, Seiki ^a   Sone, Yasuhiro ^a   Tanikawa, Makoto ^a   Hisanaga, Yasuhiro ^a   Yamaguchi, Akihiro ^a   Isogai, Masatoshi ^a   Kaneoka, Yuji ^a   Washizu, Junji ^a  

^a OGAKI MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33748134214     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2006.06.007     Document Type: Article

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