Staging systems: Is there a surgical staging and a medical one? A surgeon's perspective

Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 438-439

  Contreras, Carlo M ^a   Vauthey, Jean Nicolas ^a  

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

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Prognosis; Staging system

Indexed keywords

CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PROGNOSIS; SHORT SURVEY; TUMOR VOLUME; LIVER TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 79952108707     PISSN: 18686974     EISSN: 18686982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00534-009-0243-y     Document Type: Short Survey

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