Liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma: Role of biopsy

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 11 SUPPL. 2, 2007, Pages

  Durand, François ^a   Belghiti, Jacques ^a   Paradis, Valérie ^a  

^a BEAUJON HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INCIDENCE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NODULE; LIVER REGENERATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36448934159     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.21326     Document Type: Article

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