Natural history of hepatocellular carcinoma

Annali Italiani di Chirurgia

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 91-97

  Colombo, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; LIVER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TUMOR; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; TIME;

ALGORITHMS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; COHORT STUDIES; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 54449091135     PISSN: 2239253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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