Salvage liver transplantation for recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma after radiofrequency ablation: A new strategy?

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 14-16

  Kelley, Robin K ^a   Yao, Francis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER SURVIVAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISTANT METASTASIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECURRENT CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SALVAGE THERAPY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 83555163642     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2011.06.029     Document Type: Editorial

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