Screening for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Among Veterans With Hepatitis C on Disease Stage, Treatment Received, and Survival

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 508-512

  Leykum, Luci K ^a   El Serag, Hashem B ^c   Cornell, John ^a   Papadopoulos, Kyriakos P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LOG RANK TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

AGE FACTORS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; COHORT STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VETERANS;

EID: 34147163448     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2007.01.014     Document Type: Article

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