Fibrosis in non-cancerous tissue is the unique prognostic factor for primary hepatocellular carcinoma without hepatitis B or C viral infection

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1729-1735

  Tomimaru, Yoshito ^a   Sasaki, Yo ^a   Yamada, Terumasa ^a   Eguchi, Hidetoshi ^a   Ohigashi, Hiroaki ^a   Ishikawa, Osamu ^a   Imaoka, Shingi ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL CENTER FOR CANCER AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER RESECTION; MALE; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33748807475     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-005-0123-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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