Surgical dilemma: Liver resection or liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma and cirrhosis. Intention-to-treat analysis in patients within and outwith Milan criteria

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Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 398-404

  Facciuto, Marcelo E ^a,b   Rochon, Caroline ^a   Pandey, Mahima ^a   Rodriguez Davalos, Manuel ^a   Samaniego, Susana ^a   Wolf, David C ^a   Kim Schluger, Leona ^a   Rozenblit, Grigory ^a   Heiner, Patricia A ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Transplant Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatocellar carcinoma; Milan criteria; Resection; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PROGNOSIS; SALVAGE THERAPY; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 70349524972     PISSN: 1365182X     EISSN: 14772574     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-2574.2009.00073.x     Document Type: Article

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