Liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma: The Kyoto experience

Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 527-532

  Takada, Yasutsugu ^a,b   Uemoto, Shinji ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

HCC; LDLT; Recurrence; Tumor marker

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RECURRENCE RISK; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME; CANCER STAGING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; INCIDENCE; LIVER TUMOR; LIVING DONOR; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR RECURRENCE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649709091     PISSN: 18686974     EISSN: 18686982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00534-009-0162-y     Document Type: Article

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