Surgical resection vs. percutaneous ablation for hepatocellular carcinoma: A preliminary report of the Japanese nationwide survey

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 589-594

  Hasegawa, Kiyoshi ^a   Makuuchi, Masatoshi ^a   Takayama, Tadatoshi ^a   Kokudo, Norihiro ^a   Arii, Shigeki ^a   Okazaki, Masatoshi ^a   Okita, Kiwamu ^a   Omata, Masao ^a   Kudo, Masatoshi ^a   Kojiro, Masamichi ^a   Nakanuma, Yasuni ^a   Takayasu, Kenichi ^a   Monden, Morito ^a   Matsuyama, Yutaka ^a   Ikai, Iwao ^a  

^a JAPANESE RED CROSS MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Nationwide survey; Percutaneous ethanol injection; Radiofrequency ablation; Surgical resection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JAPAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECURRENCE RISK; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; JAPAN; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 50549086013     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2008.05.018     Document Type: Article

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