Orthotopic liver transplantation as a rescue operation for recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma after partial hepatectomy

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 14, Issue 27, 2008, Pages 4370-4376

  Shao, Zhuo ^a   Lopez, Rocio ^b   Shen, Bo ^b   Yang, Guang Shun ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Liver cancer; Orthotopic liver transplantation; Recurrence; Resection; Survival

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MITOMYCIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTIAL HEPATECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECURRENT CANCER; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 55949100236     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.14.4370     Document Type: Article

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