Factors associated with the overall survival of elderly patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 18, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 1926-1932

  Fujii, Hideki ^a   Itoh, Yoshito ^b   Ohnishi, Naoki ^a   Sakamoto, Masafumi ^a   Ohkawara, Tohru ^a   Sawa, Yoshihiko ^a   Nishida, Koichi ^a   Ohkawara, Yasuo ^a   Yamaguchi, Kanji ^b   Minami, Masahito ^b   Okanoue, Takeshi ^c  

^a Aiseikai Yamashina Hospital   (Japan)

^b KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Saiseikai Imperial Gift Foundation Inc Saiseikai Suita Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver damage; Stage; Survival

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; DOXORUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER INJURY; LIVER RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION;

EID: 84860451057     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i16.1926     Document Type: Article

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