Liver resection for complicated hepatocellular carcinoma: Challenges but opportunity for long-term survivals

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 106, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 959-965

  Huang, Jen Fu ^a   Wu, Sheng Mao ^a   Wu, Tsung Han ^a   Lee, Chen Fang ^a   Wu, Ting Jung ^a   Yu, Ming Chin ^a   Chan, Kun Ming ^a   Lee, Wei Chen ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

hepatocellular carcinoma; liver resection; outcome

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; LIVER ENZYME;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRAHEPATIC METASTASIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; RECURRENCE FREE SURVIVAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BURDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869502878     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.23172     Document Type: Article

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