Undetected hepatocellular carcinoma in patients undergoing liver transplantation: Is associated with favorable outcome

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 54, Issue 76, 2007, Pages 1192-1195

  Urahashi, Taizen ^a   Lynch, Stephen V ^a   Young, Hoon Kim ^a   Balderson, Glenda A ^a   Fawcett, Jonathan W ^a   Crawford, Darryl H ^a   Strong, Russell W ^a  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver transplantation; Outcome; Undetected cancer

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; METASTASIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RADIOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34347340740     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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