Superiority of transplantation versus resection for the treatment of small hepatocellular carcinoma

Transplant International

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 247-254

  Baccarani, Umberto ^a   Isola, Miriam ^a   Adani, Gian L ^a   Benzoni, Enrico ^a   Avellini, Claudio ^a   Lorenzin, Dario ^a   Bresadola, Fabrizio ^a   Uzzau, Alessandro ^a   Risaliti, Andrea ^a   Beltrami, Antonio P ^a   Soldano, Franca ^a   De Anna, Dino ^a   Bresadola, Vittorio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hepatic resection; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE;

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

EID: 38849092572     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2007.00597.x     Document Type: Article

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