The estimated number of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma selected for liver transplantation using expanded selection criteria

Transplant International

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 869-875

  Toso, Christian ^a,b   Kneteman, Norman M ^a   James Shapiro, A M ^a   Bigam, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Hepatocellular; Liver; Selection; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER PATIENT; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PATIENT SELECTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REGISTRIES; TIME FACTORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 68849093061     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2009.00882.x     Document Type: Article

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