Vascular invasion is the most important predictor of survival in HCC, but how do we find it?

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 101-102

  Thuluvath, Paul J ^a  

^a MERCY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER INVASION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TUMOR EMBOLISM; TUMOR VOLUME; VASCULAR DISEASE; LIVER TUMOR; MORTALITY; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SURVIVAL RATE; VASCULAR TUMOR;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SURVIVAL RATE; VASCULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 64749091536     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCG.0b013e318191e64f     Document Type: Editorial

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