Multimodal treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma on cirrhosis: An update

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 19, Issue 42, 2013, Pages 7316-7326

  Vivarelli, Marco ^a   Montalti, Roberto ^a   Risaliti, Andrea ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver resection; Liver transplantation; Locoregional treatments; Molecular targeted therapies; Multimodal treatment

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; DOXORUBICIN; SORAFENIB; YTTRIUM 90;

ANOREXIA; ASTHENIA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HAND FOOT SYNDROME; HISTOLOGY; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MICROWAVE THERAPY; MODEL FOR END STAGE LIVER DISEASE SCORE; MULTIMODAL CHEMOTHERAPY; NAUSEA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVERALL SURVIVAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LOCOREGIONAL TREATMENTS; MOLECULAR TARGETED THERAPIES; MULTIMODAL TREATMENT;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84887575630     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i42.7316     Document Type: Review

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