Salvage liver transplantation is a reasonable option for selected patients who have recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma after liver resection

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Hu, Zhenhua ^a   Zhou, Jie ^a   Xu, Xiaofeng ^a   Li, Zhiwei ^a   Zhou, Lin ^a   Wu, Jian ^a   Zhang, Min ^a   Zheng, Shusen ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; PATIENT SELECTION; RECIPIENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALVAGE THERAPY; LIVER; LIVER TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECURRENT DISEASE;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALVAGE THERAPY;

EID: 84860516680     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036587     Document Type: Article

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