Surgical options in the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma

American Surgeon

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 658-662

  Williams, Regan ^a   White, Jared ^b   Croce, Martin ^a   Dilawari, Raza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME; CATHETER ABLATION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; LIVER TUMOR; MULTICENTER STUDY; REGISTER; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REGISTRIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TENNESSEE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548525194     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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