Improved results of transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma: A report from the international registry of hepatic tumors in liver transplantation

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 574-580

  Onaca, Nicholas ^a,b   Davis, Gary L ^a,b   Jennings, Linda W ^a,b   Goldstein, Robert M ^a,b   Klintmalm, Goran B ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68349146128     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.21738     Document Type: Article

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