Uses and Limitations of Portal Vein Embolization for Improving Perioperative Outcomes in Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Seminars in Oncology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 102-109

  Truty, Mark J ^a   Vauthey, Jean Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER RESECTION; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN EMBOLIZATION; PORTAL VEIN OBSTRUCTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; PORTAL VEIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77952416423     PISSN: 00937754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.seminoncol.2010.03.013     Document Type: Article

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