Spontaneous regression of hepatocellular carcinoma

International Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 407-411

  Kondo, Shunsuke ^a   Okusaka, Takuji ^a   Ueno, Hideki ^a   Ikeda, Masafumi ^a   Morizane, Chigusa ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C virus; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver cirrhosis; Spontaneous regression

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; ZINOSTATIN MALEIC ACID STYRENE COPOLYMER;

AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANCER REGRESSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION;

AGED; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FATAL OUTCOME; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASM REGRESSION, SPONTANEOUS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 33750291148     PISSN: 13419625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10147-006-0591-4     Document Type: Article

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