Liver resection and transplantation in the management of hepatocellular carcinoma: A review

Experimental and Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 549-558

  Kassahun, Woubet T ^a   Fangmann, Josef ^a   Harms, Jens ^a   Hauss, Johann ^a   Bartels, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver resection; Liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR; CISPLATIN; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; DOXORUBICIN; GEMCITABINE; INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; MITOMYCIN C; OCTREOTIDE; PRAVASTATIN; TAMOXIFEN; THALIDOMIDE; THYMOSIN ALPHA1; THYMOSTIMULIN;

ADVANCED CANCER; ALCOHOLISM; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; PATIENT SELECTION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR RECURRENCE; ADULT; DONOR; FEMALE; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33847702042     PISSN: 13040855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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