Rates of surveillance and management of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients evaluated at a liver transplant center

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3591-3596

  Jou, Janice H ^a   Chen, Po Hung ^a   Jazwinski, Alison ^a   Bouneva, Iliana ^a   Smith, Alastair D ^a   Muir, Andrew J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver cirrhosis; Liver transplantation; Quality of health care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER PATIENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 78649331560     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-010-1366-3     Document Type: Article

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