Hepatocellular carcinoma with spontaneous regression: Report of the rare case

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 55, Issue 86-87, 2008, Pages 1770-1772

  Arakawa, Yusuke ^a   Mori, Hiroki ^a   Ikegami, Toru ^a   Hanaoka, Jun ^a   Kanamoto, Mami ^a   Kanemura, Hirofumi ^a   Morine, Yuji ^a   Imura, Satoru ^a   Shimada, Mitsuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatectomy; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Spontaneous regression

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER REGRESSION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PARTIAL HEPATECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR NECROSIS; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 57049145372     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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