Preliminary Results of Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Among Allocation Organ Policy Strategies, Neoadjuvant Treatments, and Intention-to-Treat Analysis

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1972-1973

  Andorno, E ^a   Bottino, G ^a   Morelli, N ^a   Casaccia, M ^a   Gelli, M ^a   Piredda, D ^a   Immordino, G ^a   Ferrante, R ^a   Nardi, I ^a   Troilo, B M ^a   Di Domenico, S ^a   Ravazzoni, F ^a   Valente, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PATIENT SELECTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 48049083135     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.05.061     Document Type: Article

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