Spontaneous complete regression of hepatocellular carcinoma

Medical Oncology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 948-950

  Storey, Raul E ^b   Huerta, Ana L ^a   Khan, Amir ^a   Laber, Damian A ^b  

^a Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver cancer; Spontaneous regression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ARTICLE; CANCER REGRESSION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALCOHOLISM; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM REGRESSION, SPONTANEOUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84655170312     PISSN: 13570560     EISSN: 1559131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12032-010-9562-8     Document Type: Article

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