Improved survival trend of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma at an Australian tertiary hospital between 1995-2009

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 197-203

  Wong, N ^a   Haydon, A ^a   Kemp, W ^a   Wijeratne, P ^a   Roberts, S ^a  

^a The Alfred ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Screening; Survival

Indexed keywords

SORAFENIB;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

AGED; AUSTRALIA; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84872237163     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2012.02755.x     Document Type: Article

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