Hepatocellular carcinoma: Clinical frontiers and perspectives

Gut

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 844-855

  Bruix, Jordi ^a,b   Gores, Gregory J ^c   Mazzaferro, Vincenzo ^d  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; MESSENGER RNA;

CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GENETICS; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; CARCINOGENICITY; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC RISK; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER SURGERY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REVIEW; RNA METHYLATION; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

HEPATOBILIARY SURGERY; HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MOLECULAR MECHANISMS;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NIACINAMIDE; PHENYLUREA COMPOUNDS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84898767802     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: 14683288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2013-306627     Document Type: Review

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