Survival comparison between surgical resection and radiofrequency ablation for patients in BCLC very early/early stage hepatocellular carcinoma

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 412-418

  Wang, Jing Houng ^a   Wang, Chih Chi ^a   Hung, Chao Hung ^a   Chen, Chao Long ^a   Lu, Sheng Nan ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) stage; Disease free survival; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Overall survival; Radiofrequency ablation; Surgical resection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN;

EID: 84855955803     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2011.05.020     Document Type: Article

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