Living donor liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma: The Japanese experience

Oncology

Volumn 81, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 111-115

  Tamura, Sumihito ^a   Sugawara, Yasuhiko ^a   Kokudo, Norihiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver transplantation; Living donor

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; JAPANESE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SURGICAL RISK;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84855327114     PISSN: 00302414     EISSN: 14230232     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000333270     Document Type: Review

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