In hepatocellular carcinomas, any proportion of poorly differentiated components is associated with poor prognosis after hepatectomy

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1147-1153

  Sasaki, Kazunari ^a   Matsuda, Masamichi ^a   Ohkura, Yu ^a   Kawamura, Yusuke ^a   Inoue, Masafumi ^a   Hashimoto, Masaji ^a   Ikeda, Kenji ^a   Kumada, Hiromitsu ^a   Watanabe, Goro ^a  

^a TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER RESECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 84898851079     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-013-2374-1     Document Type: Article

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