Ultrasound screening for Opisthorchis viverrini-associated cholangiocarcinomas Experience in an endemic area

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 431-433

  Mairiang, Eimorn ^a   Chaiyakum, Jitjaroen ^a   Laopaiboon, Nitaya Chamadol ^a   Srinakarin, Jiraporn ^a   Kunpitaya, Jaturat ^a   Sriamporn, Supannee ^a   Suwanrungruang, Kritika ^b   Vatanasapt, Vanchai ^b  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Cholangiocarcinoma; Liver cancer; Opisthorchis viverrini; Ultrasound screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BILE DUCT TUMOR; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRAHEPATIC BILE DUCT; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPISTHORCHIASIS; OPISTHORCHIS; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; THAILAND;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; BILE DUCTS, INTRAHEPATIC; CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPISTHORCHIASIS; OPISTHORCHIS; PREVALENCE; THAILAND;

EID: 39049187483     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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