Effectiveness of hepatic resection for early-stage hepatocellular carcinoma in cirrhotic patients: Subgroup analysis according to Milan criteria

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 287-295

  Yamamoto, Junji ^a   Kosuge, Tomoo ^b   Saiura, Akio ^a   Sakamoto, Yoshihiro ^b   Shimada, Kazuaki ^b   Sano, Tsuyoshi ^b   Takayama, Tadatoshi ^c   Sugawara, Yasuhiko ^d   Yamaguchi, Toshiharu ^d   Kokudo, Norihiro ^d   Makuuchi, Masatoshi ^d  

^a CANCER INSTITUTE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Recurrence; Surgical resection; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY CANCER; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34447640960     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: 14653621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hym025     Document Type: Article

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