Brain metastasis from hepatocellular carcinoma: The role of surgery as a prognostic factor

BMC Cancer

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Han, Moon Soo ^a   Moon, Kyung Sub ^a   Lee, Kyung Hwa ^a   Cho, Sung Bum ^a   Lim, Sa Hoe ^a   Jang, Woo Youl ^a   Jung, Tae Young ^a   Kim, In Young ^a   Jung, Shin ^a  

^a Chonnam National University Research Institute of Medical Sciences   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Brain metastasis; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Prognosis; Surgical resection; Survival

Indexed keywords

SORAFENIB; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN SURGERY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; CHILD PUGH SCORE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FUNCTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVERALL SURVIVAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RADIOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR BLEEDING; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BURDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888374990     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-13-567     Document Type: Article

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