Progression of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Before Liver Transplantation: Dropout or Liver Transplantation?

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1264-1267

  Vitale, A ^a   Boccagni, P ^b   Brolese, A ^b   Neri, D ^b   Srsen, N ^b   Zanus, G ^b   Pagano, D ^b   Pauletto, A ^b   Bonsignore, P ^b   Scopelliti, M ^b   D'Amico, F E ^b   Ometto, G ^b   Polacco, M ^b   Burra, P ^c   Gambato, M ^c   Feltracco, P ^c   Romano, A ^d   Cillo, U ^b  

^a VENETO INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY IOV IRCCS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR GROWTH; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DISEASE COURSE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT DROPOUTS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DROPOUTS; WAITING LISTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65549140596     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2009.03.095     Document Type: Article

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