Hepatocellular carcinoma in the elderly: Clinical characteristics, treatment, survival analysis in Korean patients older than 70 years

Journal of Korean Medical Science

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1147-1154

  Kim, Yun Jung ^a   Jang, Byoung Kuk ^a   Kim, Eun Soo ^a   Chung, Woo Jin ^a   Park, Kyung Sik ^a   Cho, Kwang Bum ^a   Hwang, Jae Seok ^a  

^a Keimyung University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Elderly; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Prognosis; Survival

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLOOD; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH KOREA; SURVIVAL; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84872545049     PISSN: 10118934     EISSN: 15986357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2012.27.10.1147     Document Type: Article

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