Management of hepatocellular carcinoma

Digestive Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 279-281

  De Giorgio, M ^a   Fagiuoli, S ^a,b  

^a Dipartimento Medicina Specialistica e dei Trapianti   (Italy)

^b OORR Bergamo   (Italy)

Author keywords

BCLC scoring system; Hepatocellular carcinoma, management

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ALCOHOL; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

BIOLOGY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER GRAFT; LIVING DONOR; MICROWAVE THERAPY; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WATCHFUL WAITING; LIVER TUMOR; REVIEW;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 35448984563     PISSN: 02572753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000103902     Document Type: Conference Paper

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