Early diagnosis of primary liver cancer: Imaging versus genetics;Diagnóstico precoz del cáncer primario de hígado: Imagen versus genética

Revista Espanola de Enfermedades Digestivas

Volumn 100, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 423-429

  Forner González, Alejandro ^a   De Rodriguez Lope C ^a   Reig, M ^a   Rimola, J ^a   Varela, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Early diagnosis; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Imaging techniques; Immunohistochemistry; PCR; Tumor markers

Indexed keywords

TUMOR MARKER;

CANCER INVASION; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; REVIEW; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ALGORITHMS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DECISION TREES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 55249113377     PISSN: 11300108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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