Important prognostic factors for the long-term survival of subjects with primary liver cancer in Taiwan: A hyperendemic area

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1076-1084

  Chen, Ping Ho ^a   Lin, Ying Chu ^b   Tu, Hung Pin ^c   Chiang, Shang Lun ^c   Ko, Albert Min Shan ^d   Hsu, Chun Lan ^a   Chang, Yu Fang ^b   Ko, Ying Chin ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Cholangiocarcinoma; Metastatic cancer; Primary liver cancer; Prognostic factors; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; DATA BASE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEPATOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LIVER CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SURVIVAL RATE; TAIWAN;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TAIWAN;

EID: 33947596624     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2007.01.022     Document Type: Article

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