Impact of Tumor Characteristic on the Outcome of Liver Transplantation in Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 3135-3137

  Dudek, K ^a   Kornasiewicz, O ^a   Remiszewski, P ^a   Kobryn K ^b   Ziarkiewicz Wroblewska B ^a   Gornicka B ^a   Zieniewicz, K ^a   Krawczyk, M ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b Students' Scientific Group   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MITOTIC INDEX; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70350514606     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2009.08.016     Document Type: Article

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