Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: University Hospital Essen Experience and Metaanalysis of Prognostic Factors

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 205, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 661-675

  Sotiropoulos, Georgios C ^a   Lang, Hauke ^a   Nadalin, Silvio ^a   Neuhäuser, Markus ^a   Molmenti, Ernesto P ^a   Baba, Hideo A ^a   Paul, Andreas ^a   Saner, Fuat H ^a   Weber, Frank ^a   Hilgard, Philipp ^a   Frilling, Andrea ^a   Broelsch, Christoph E ^a   Malagó, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR VOLUME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

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

EID: 35348970264     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2007.05.023     Document Type: Article

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