Transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma in younger patients has an equivocal survival advantage as compared with resection

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 265-271

  Graham, J A ^a   Newman, D A ^a   Smirniotopolous, J ^a   Shetty, K ^a   Slidell, M B ^b   Johnson, L B ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER LOBECTOMY; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; SEER PROGRAM; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873292288     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: 18732623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2012.07.151     Document Type: Article

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