Predictive factors of microvascular invasion in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma larger than 5 cm

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2218-2222

  Nagano, Yasuhiko ^a   Shimada, Hiroshi ^b   Takeda, Kazuhisa ^b   Ueda, Michio ^a   Matsuo, Kenichi ^b   Tanaka, Kuniya ^b   Endo, Itaru ^b   Kunisaki, Chikara ^a   Togo, Shinji ^b  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER NODULE; LIVER RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SURVIVAL RATE; VASCULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 51649086024     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-008-9585-x     Document Type: Article

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