Liver transplantation versus liver resection in the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma: A meta-analysis of observational studies

Transplantation

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 227-234

  Zheng, Zheng ^a,b   Liang, Wenhua ^b   Milgrom, Daniel P ^c   Zheng, Zhouying ^a   Schroder, Paul M ^d   Kong, Ning S ^e   Yang, Changsheng ^a   Guo, Zhiyong ^a   He, Xiaoshun ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (China)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^e Infobee Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Child Turcotte Pugh class A cirrhosis; Cumulative meta analysis; Early hepatocellular cell carcinoma; Milan criteria; Salvage liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL;

EID: 84895097093     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e3182a89383     Document Type: Article

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