Poorer survival in patients whose explanted hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) exceeds Milan or UCSF Criteria. An analysis of liver transplantation in HCC in Australia and New Zealand

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Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 81-89

  Chen, John W C ^a   Kow, Lilian ^a   Verran, Deborah J ^b   McCall, John L ^c   Munn, Stephen ^c   Balderson, Glenda A ^d   Fawcett, Jonathan W ^d   Gow, Paul J ^e   Jones, Robert M ^e   Jeffrey, Gary P ^f   House, Anthony K ^f   Strasser, Simone I ^b  

^a FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b Australian National Liver Transplant Unit   (Australia)

^c New Zealand Liver Transplant Unit   (New Zealand)

^d Queensland Liver Transplant Service   (Australia)

^e Victorian Liver Transplant Unit   (Australia)

^f Western Australian Liver Transplant Unit   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hepatectomy; Liver cancer; Milan Criteria; UCSF Criteria

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE FREE SURVIVAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL RISK; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 65749104820     PISSN: 1365182X     EISSN: 14772574     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-2574.2009.00022.x     Document Type: Article

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