Liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma in patients who do not meet the Milan criteria

Digestive Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 329-333

  Suh, Kyung Suk ^a,b   Cho, Eung Ho ^a   Lee, Hae Won ^a   Shin, Woo Young ^a   Yi, Nam Joon ^a   Lee, Kuhn Uk ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver transplantation; Milan criteria

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; CANCER INVASION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; ITALY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 35548999734     PISSN: 02572753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000106913     Document Type: Conference Paper

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