Hepatic epithelioid hemangioendothelioma: A comparison of Western and Chinese methods with respect to diagnosis, treatment and outcome

Oncology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 977-983

  Zhao, Xin Yan ^a   Ahmed Rakhda, Mohmedmohsin Ismail ^b   Habib, Sohail ^b   Bihi, Ali ^b   Muhammad, Abdullah ^b   Wang, Tai Ling ^c   Jia, Ji Dong ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHINA JAPAN FRIENDSHIP HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Hepatic epithelioid hemangioendothelioma; Liver resection; Liver transplantation; Natural history; Prognostic factor

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CA 125 ANTIGEN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CD31 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CAUCASIAN; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HEPATIC EPITHELIOID HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; STROMA;

EID: 84896732063     PISSN: 17921074     EISSN: 17921082     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ol.2014.1847     Document Type: Article

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