Liver transplantation for hilar cholangiocarcinoma

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 19, Issue 48, 2013, Pages 9209-9215

  Robles, Ricardo ^a   Sánchez Bueno, Francisco ^a   Ramírez, Pablo ^a   Brusadin, Roberto ^a   Parrilla, Pascual ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO REINA SOFÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cholangiocarcinoma; Klatskin tumour; Liver surgery; Liver transplantation; Primary sclerosing cholangitis

Indexed keywords

CAPECITABINE; FLUOROURACIL;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; HUMAN; KLATSKIN TUMOR; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PERINEURAL INVASION; PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; KLATSKIN TUMOUR; LIVER SURGERY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS;

BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; BILE DUCTS, INTRAHEPATIC; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; HEPATIC DUCT, COMMON; HUMANS; KLATSKIN'S TUMOR; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84891475558     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i48.9209     Document Type: Article

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