Liver cancer: Targeted future options

World Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 38-44

  Pircher, Andreas ^a   Medinger, Michael ^a   Drevs, Joachim ^a  

^a Gemeinschaftskrankenhaus Herdecke ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Epidermal growth factor receptor; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Targeted therapy; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052976123     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19485182     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4254/wjh.v3.i2.38     Document Type: Article

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