Liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence after liver resection: Why Deny this chance of cure?

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 352-358

  De Carlis, Luciano ^a   Di Sandro, Stefano ^a   Giacomoni, Alessandro ^a   Mangoni, Iacopo ^a   Lauterio, Andrea ^a   Mihaylov, Plamen ^a   Cusumano, Caterina ^a   Rampoldi, Antonio ^b  

^a OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

HCC recurrence; Liver resection; Liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; GRAFT RECIPIENT; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LONG TERM CARE; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE FREE SURVIVAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84875382729     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: 15392031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCG.0b013e31826e6caf     Document Type: Article

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