Hepatocellular carcinoma in young adults: The clinical characteristics, prognosis, and findings of a patient survival analysis

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1103-1107

  Yamazaki, Yuichi ^a   Kakizaki, Satoru ^a   Sohara, Naondo ^a   Sato, Ken ^a   Takagi, Hitoshi ^a   Arai, Hirotaka ^a   Abe, Takehiko ^a   Katakai, Kenji ^a   Kojima, Akira ^a   Matsuzaki, Yutaka ^a   Mori, Masatomo ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Survival analysis; Young adult

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FUNCTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL TIME; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33947575728     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-006-9578-2     Document Type: Article

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