Ablation for hepatocellular carcinoma: Validating the 3-cm breakpoint

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 3591-3595

  Groeschl, Ryan T ^a   Gamblin, T Clark ^a   Turaga, Kiran K ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE; TUMOR ABLATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEER PROGRAM; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR BURDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883762865     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-013-3031-5     Document Type: Article

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