Milan criteria are useful predictors for favorable outcomes in hepatocellular carcinoma patients undergoing liver transplantation after transarterial chemoembolization

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 43, 2006, Pages 6992-6997

  Kim, Do Young ^a   Choi, Moon Seok ^a   Lee, Joon Hyoek ^a   Koh, Kwang Cheol ^a   Paik, Seung Woon ^a   Yoo, Byung Chul ^a   Shin, Sung Wook ^a   Choo, Sung Wook ^a   Do, Young Soo ^a   Rhee, Jong Chul ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver transplantation; Milan criteria; Transarterial chemoembolization

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; DOXORUBICIN; GELFOAM; IODINATED POPPYSEED OIL; LIPIODOL ULTRAFLUIDE; OKT 3; STEROID; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; TSUKUBAENOLIDE;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SIZE; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG INTERMITTENT THERAPY; DRUG MIXTURE; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; EXPLANT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER HISTOLOGY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; RATING SCALE; RECURRENCE RISK; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33751540348     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i43.6992     Document Type: Article

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