Limited liver resection: A good indication for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma in elderly patients

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1358-1365

  Portolani, Nazario ^a   Baiocchi, Gian Luca ^a   Coniglio, Arianna ^a   Tiberio, Guido A M ^a   Prestini, Katiela ^a   Gheza, Federico ^a   Benetti, Anna ^a   Giulini, Stefano Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

GI hepatobiliary basic; GI hepatobiliary med; GI hepatobiliary surg

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; INTERFERON; LAMIVUDINE;

AGED; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SCREENING TEST; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; ITALY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 82955229587     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: 14653621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyr154     Document Type: Article

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