Understanding surgical decision making in early hepatocellular carcinoma

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 619-625

  Nathan, Hari ^a   Bridges, John F P ^a   Schulick, Richard D ^a   Cameron, Andrew M ^a   Hirose, Kenzo ^a   Edil, Barish H ^a   Wolfgang, Christopher L ^a   Segev, Dorry L ^a   Choti, Michael A ^a   Pawlik, Timothy M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGEON; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TUMOR VOLUME;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 79952083607     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2010.30.8650     Document Type: Article

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