Liver transplantation should be offered to patients with small solitary hepatocellular carcinoma and a positive serum alpha fetoprotein rather than resection

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 205, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 374-380

  Graham, Jay A ^a   Melancon, Joseph K ^a   Shetty, Kirti ^a   Johnson, Lynt B ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

AFP; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver; Resection; SEER; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER LOBECTOMY; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER SEGMENTECTOMY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMALL SOLITARY HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA;

ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEER PROGRAM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84875241721     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2012.12.002     Document Type: Article

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