Primary malignant hepatic epithelioid hemangioendothelioma: A comprehensive review of the literature with emphasis on the surgical therapy

Cancer

Volumn 107, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2108-2121

  Mehrabi, Arianeb ^a   Kashfi, Arash ^a   Fonouni, Hamidreza ^a   Schemmer, Peter ^a   Schmied, Bruno M ^a   Hallscheidt, Peter ^a   Schirmacher, Peter ^a   Weitz, Jurgen ^a   Friess, Helmut ^a   Buchler, Markus W ^a   Schmidt, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hepatic epithelioid hemangioendothelioma; Liver resection; Liver transplantation; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2B INTERFERON; DOXORUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; IODINATED POPPYSEED OIL; MITOMYCIN; THALIDOMIDE; VINCRISTINE;

BONE METASTASIS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOSARCOMA; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; LIVER EPITHELIOID HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PATHOGENESIS; PERITONEUM METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER ABDOMINAL PAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA, EPITHELIOID; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33750512143     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.22225     Document Type: Review

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