Prognostic scores for hepatocellular carcinoma: None is the winner

Liver International

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 478-480

  Cammà, Calogero ^a,b   Cabibbo, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER STAGING; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; TUMOR VOLUME;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 62749176437     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: 14783231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2009.01994.x     Document Type: Editorial

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