Hepatocellular carcinoma developed on compensated cirrhosis: Resection as a selection tool for liver transplantation

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 779-788

  Scatton, Olivier ^a   Zalinski, Stéphane ^a   Terris, Benoit ^a   Lefevre, Jérémie H ^a   Casali, Alessandra ^a   Massault, Pierre Philippe ^a   Conti, Filomona ^a   Calmus, Yvon ^a   Soubrane, Olivier ^a  

^a Université Paris Descartes ^*  (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER NODULE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECURRENT CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALVAGE THERAPY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 46149122572     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.21431     Document Type: Article

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