Biopsy of solid liver tumors: Adverse consequences

Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Diseases International

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 325-327

  Al Leswas, Dhya ^a   O'Reilly, Derek A ^a,b   Poston, Graeme J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTH MANCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colorectal liver metastases; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver biopsy

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; OXALIPLATIN;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER INVASION; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CARCINOMATOUS PERITONITIS; CASE REPORT; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FATALITY; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER NODULE; LIVER RESECTION; LUNG EMBOLISM; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PERITONEUM METASTASIS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RECTUM ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION; SOLID TUMOR;

BIOPSY; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM SEEDING; PERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 46049117702     PISSN: 14993872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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