Recurrence of hepatocellular cancer after liver transplantation: The role of primary resection and salvage transplantation in East and West

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 974-979

  Lai, Quirino ^a,b   Avolio, Alfonso W ^c   Lerut, Jan ^b   Singh, Gurusharan ^d   Chan, See Ching ^e   Berloco, Pasquale B ^a   Tisone, Giuseppe ^f   Agnes, Salvatore ^c   Chok, Kenneth S ^e   Sharr, William ^e   Rossi, Massimo ^a   Manzia, Tommaso M ^f   Lo, Chung Mau ^e  

^a POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

^b CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d Lakeshore Hospital and Research Center   (India)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^f TOR VERGATA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

HBV; HCV; Hepatocellular cancer; Liver transplantation; Living donation; Salvage transplantation; Tumor recurrence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RECURRENCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HONG KONG; HUMAN; ITALY; LIVER CANCER; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE RISK; RISK FACTOR; SALVAGE THERAPY; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ROME; SALVAGE THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84867574795     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2012.06.033     Document Type: Article

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