Significance of tumor necrosis for outcome of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma receiving locoregional therapy prior to liver transplantation

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2638-2646

  Chan, Kun Ming ^a   Yu, Ming Chin ^a   Chou, Hong Shiue ^a   Wu, Ting Jung ^a   Lee, Chen Fang ^a   Lee, Wei Chen ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PROGNOSIS; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR NECROSIS;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 80052763322     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-011-1779-z     Document Type: Article

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