High serum levels of vascular endothelial growth factor after hepatectomy are associated with poor prognosis in hepatocellular carcinoma

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 56, Issue 93, 2009, Pages 1122-1126

  Tamesa, Takao ^a   Iizuka, Norio ^a   Mori, Naohide ^a   Okada, Toshimasa ^a   Takemoto, Norikazu ^a   Tangoku, Akira ^a   Oka, Masaaki ^a  

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Author keywords

Hepatectomy; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Intrahepatic recurrence; Perioperative period; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN; TUMOR MARKER; VASCULOTROPIN A;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER RESECTION; MALE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 70350506052     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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