Pre-operative liver biopsy in cirrhotic patients with early hepatocellular carcinoma represents a safe and accurate diagnostic tool for tumour grading assessment

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 300-305

  Colecchia, Antonio ^a   Scaioli, Eleonora ^a   Montrone, Lucia ^a   Vestito, Amanda ^a   Di Biase, Anna Rita ^b   Pieri, Martina ^a   D'Errico Grigioni, Antonia ^c   Bacchi Reggiani, Maria Letizia ^c   Ravaioli, Matteo ^c   Grazi, Gian Luca ^c   Festi, Davide ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver biopsy; Liver cirrhosis; Liver resection; Liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SIZE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT SAFETY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING;

EID: 78751590945     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2010.06.037     Document Type: Article

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