Comparison between hepatic resection and radiofrequency ablation as first-line treatment for solitary small-sized hepatocellular carcinoma of 3cm or less

Hepatology Research

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 853-864

  Imai, Kastunori ^a   Beppu, Toru ^a,b   Chikamoto, Akira ^a   Doi, Koichi ^a   Okabe, Hirohisa ^a   Hayashi, Hiromitsu ^a   Nitta, Hidetoshi ^a   Ishiko, Takatoshi ^a   Takamori, Hiroshi ^a   Baba, Hideo ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatic resection; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver cancer; Prognosis; Radiofrequency ablation

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; PROTHROMBIN;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER HISTOLOGY; LIVER RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

EID: 84882608954     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: 1872034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/hepr.12035     Document Type: Article

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