Implementation of a multidisciplinary treatment team for hepatocellular cancer at a Veterans Affairs Medical Center improves survival

HPB

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 405-411

  Chang, Tammy A ^a   Sawhney, Rajiv ^a   Monto, Alexander ^a   Ben Davoren, J ^a   Kirkland, Jacob A ^a   Stewart, Lygia ^a   Corvera, Carlos U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatectomy; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Multidisciplinary communication; Palliative therapy

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER LOBECTOMY; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROGNOSIS; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR VOLUME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57049111694     PISSN: 1365182X     EISSN: 14772574     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13651820802356572     Document Type: Article

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