Ethnic differences in hepatocellular carcinoma: Implications for liver transplantation

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 551-555

  Kemmer, Nyingi ^a,b   Neff, Guy ^a   Secic, Michelle ^c   Zacharias, Victoria ^a   Kaiser, Tiffany ^a   Buell, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Secic Statistical Consulting Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnic; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver transplantation; Milan criteria

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OHIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 38649116049     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-007-9872-7     Document Type: Article

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