Long-term effectiveness of resection and radiofrequency ablation for single hepatocellular carcinoma ≤3 cm. Results of a multicenter Italian survey

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 89-97

  Pompili, Maurizio ^a   Saviano, Antonio ^a   De Matthaeis, Nicoletta ^a   Cucchetti, Alessandro ^b   Ardito, Francesco ^a   Federico, Bruno ^c   Brunello, Franco ^d   Pinna, Antonio D ^b   Giorgio, Antonio ^e   Giulini, Stefano M ^f   De Sio, Ilario ^g   Torzilli, Guido ^h   Fornari, Fabio ⁱ   Capussotti, Lorenzo ^j   Guglielmi, Alfredo ^k   Piscaglia, Fabio ^b   Aldrighetti, Luca ^l   Caturelli, Eugenio ^m   Calise, Fulvio ⁿ   Nuzzo, Gennaro ^a   Rapaccini, Gian Ludovico ^a   Giuliante, Felice ^a   more..

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CASSINO AND SOUTHERN LAZIO   (Italy)

^d MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e AO Dei Colli Hospital for Infectious Diseases D Cotugno   (Italy)

^f SPEDALI CIVILI   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

ⁱ GUGLIELMO DA SALICETO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^j MAURIZIANO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^l SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^m BELCOLLE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

ⁿ CARDARELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

more..

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver resection; Long term effectiveness; Overall survival; Propensity score matching; Radiofrequency ablation; Tumor recurrence

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ITALY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RECURRENCE RISK; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; ITALY; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84879172802     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2013.03.009     Document Type: Article

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