Preoperative radiologic and postoperative pathologic risk factors for early intra-hepatic recurrence in hepatocellular carcinoma patients who underwent curative resection

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 789-795

  Kim, Honsoul ^a   Park, Mi Suk ^a   Park, Young Nyun ^b   Kim, Hyunki ^b   Kim, Kyung Sik ^b   Choi, Jin Sub ^b   Ahn, Sang Hoon ^b   Han, Kwang Hyub ^b   Kim, Myeong Jin ^a   Kim, Ki Whang ^a  

^a Research Institute of Radiological Science   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Curative resection; Early recurrence; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Postoperative pathologic findings; Preoperative CT

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; VITAMIN K GROUP;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RISK FACTOR; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR NECROSIS; TUMOR VOLUME; VASCULAR TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 74549163549     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2009.50.6.789     Document Type: Article

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