Multicentric occurrence and spread of hepatocellular carcinoma in whole explanted end-stage liver

Hepatology Research

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 143-148

  Hidaka, Masaaki ^a   Eguchi, Susumu ^a   Okudaira, Sadayuki ^a   Takatsuki, Mitsuhisa ^a   Tokai, Hirotaka ^a   Soyama, Akihiko ^a   Nagayoshi, Shigeki ^a   Mochizuki, Satoshi ^a   Hamasaki, Koji ^a   Tajima, Yoshitsugu ^a   Kanematsu, Takashi ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver transplantation; Milan criteria; Whole explanted liver

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 59149093769     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1872-034X.2008.00443.x     Document Type: Article

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