Nodules less than 20 mm and vascular invasion are predictors of survival in small hepatocellular carcinoma

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 191-195

  Kikuchi, Luciana O O ^a   Paranaguá Vezozzo, Denise C ^a   Chagas, Aline L ^a   Mello, Evandro S ^a   Alves, Venancio A F ^a   Farias, Alberto Q ^a   Pietrobon, Ricardo ^b   Carrilho, Flair J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mortality; Small hepatocellular carcinoma; Survival; Vascular invasion

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CANCER INVASION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR VOLUME; VASCULAR DISEASE; CANCER STAGING; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LIVER TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SURVIVAL RATE; VASCULAR TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; BRAZIL; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SURVIVAL RATE; VASCULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 64749102042     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCG.0b013e31817ff199     Document Type: Article

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