Salvage transplantation for stage IVa hepatocellular carcinoma, what are the guidelines?

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 581-581

  Goldsmith, P J ^a   Toogood, G J ^a   Lodge, J P A ^a   Prasad, K R ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALVAGE THERAPY; SURGICAL THROMBECTOMY; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR THROMBUS; VEIN RECONSTRUCTION;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING;

EID: 70350166796     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: 13990012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2009.01039.x     Document Type: Letter

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