Hepatoma with cardiac metastasis: An advanced cancer requiring advanced treatment

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 13, Issue 25, 2007, Pages 3513-3516

  Lin, Yu Sheng ^a   Jung, Shih Ming ^a   Tsai, Feng Chun ^a   Yeh, Chun Nan ^a   Shiu, Tzu Fang ^a   Wu, Hsueh Hua ^a   Lin, Pyng Jing ^a   Chu, Pao Hsien ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Alpha fetal protein; Cardiac metastasis; Hepatoma

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART METASTASIS; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART SURGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER HEMORRHAGE; LIVER NECROSIS; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 34547410426     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i25.3513     Document Type: Article

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