Survival advantage of primary liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma within the up-to-7 criteria with microvascular invasion

Hepatology International

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 646-656

  Chan, See Ching ^a   Fan, Sheung Tat ^a   Chok, Kenneth S H ^a   Cheung, Tan To ^a   Chan, Albert C Y ^a   Fung, James Y Y ^b   Poon, Ronnie T P ^a   Lo, Chung Mau ^a  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver transplantation; Microvascular invasion; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CADAVER DONOR; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SURVIVAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROVASCULAR INVASION; MULTIPLE CANCER; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 84866387920     PISSN: 19360533     EISSN: 19360541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12072-011-9318-3     Document Type: Article

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