Hepatic resection for "bCLC Stage A" hepatocellular carcinoma. the prognostic role of alpha-fetoprotein

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 426-434

  Santambrogio, Roberto ^a   Opocher, Enrico ^a   Costa, Mara ^a   Barabino, Matteo ^a   Zuin, Massimo ^a   Bertolini, Emanuela ^a   De Filippi, Francesca ^b   Bruno, Savino ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; ULTRASOUND;

AGED; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84856649829     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-011-1845-6     Document Type: Article

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