Marginal survival benefit in the treatment of early hepatocellular carcinoma

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 306-311

  Midorikawa, Yutaka ^a   Takayama, Tadatoshi ^a   Shimada, Kazuaki ^b   Nakayama, Hisashi ^a   Higaki, Tokio ^a   Moriguchi, Masamichi ^a   Nara, Satoshi ^b   Tsuji, Shingo ^c   Tanaka, Masatoshi ^d  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d KURUME UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lead time; Liver resection; Natural history; Signaling lesion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84872416963     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2012.09.026     Document Type: Article

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