Liver transplantation in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma across Milan criteria

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 272-278

  Herrero, J Ignacio ^a   Sangro, Bruno ^a   Pardo, Fernando ^a   Quiroga, Jorge ^a   Iñarrairaegui, Mercedes ^a   Rotellar, Fernando ^a   Montiel, Custodia ^a   Alegre, Felix ^a   Prieto, Jesus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NODULE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; SURVIVAL RATE; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 41149155862     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.21368     Document Type: Article

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