Effect of previous interferon treatment on outcome after curative treatment for hepatitis C virus-related hepatocellular carcinoma

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1092-1101

  Miyatake, Hirokazu ^a   Kobayashi, Yoshiyuki ^a   Iwasaki, Yoshiaki ^a   Nakamura, Shin Ichiro ^a   Ohnishi, Hideki ^a   Kuwaki, Kenji ^a   Toshimori, Junichi ^a   Hagihara, Hiroaki ^a   Nouso, Kazuhiro ^a   Yamamoto, Kazuhide ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C virus; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Previous interferon therapy; Recurrence; Survival

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT ALPHA2A INTERFERON; RECOMBINANT ALPHA2B INTERFERON;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECURRENCE RISK; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR ABLATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INTERFERONS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84864063993     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: 15732568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-011-1934-1     Document Type: Article

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