Early hepatocellular carcinoma: Pathology, imaging, and therapy

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 972-978

  Takayama, Tadatoshi ^a   Makuuchi, Masatoshi ^b   Kojiro, Masamichi ^c   Lauwers, Gregory Y ^d   Adams, Reid B ^e   Wilson, Stephanie R ^f   Jang, Hyun Jung ^f   Charnsangavej, Chusilp ^g   Taouli, Bachir ^h  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^h NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Early HCC; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Imaging; Pathology; Therapy

Indexed keywords

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER THERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSENSUS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; LIVER CELL; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER HILUS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 40549138410     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-007-9685-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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