Tumour size and differentiation in predicting recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma after liver transplantation: External validation of a new prognostic score

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3503-3511

  Marelli, L ^a   Grasso, A ^b   Pleguezuelo, M ^a   Martines, H ^b   Stigliano, R ^a   Dhillon, A P ^a   Patch, D ^a   Davidson, B R ^a   Sharma, D ^a   Rolles, K ^a   Burroughs, A K ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b San Paolo Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER NODULE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR VOLUME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 58149311308     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-008-0128-3     Document Type: Article

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