Superiority of Transplantation Versus Resection for the Treatment of Small Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1898-1900

  Baccarani, U ^a   Benzoni, E ^a   Adani, G L ^a   Avellini, C ^a   Lorenzin, D ^a   Sainz Barriga, M ^a   Bresadola, V ^a   Uzzau, A ^a   Risaliti, A ^a   Beltrami, C A ^a   Bresadola, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RECURRENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547561870     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2007.05.045     Document Type: Article

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