Clinical outcome of small hepatocellular carcinoma after different treatments: A meta-analysis

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn , Issue 29, 2014, Pages 10174-10182

  Dong, Wei ^a   Zhang, Ting ^a   Wang, Zhen Guang ^a   Liu, Hui ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Meta analysis; Nonsurgical ablation; Percutaneous ethanol injection; Radiofrequency ablation; Recurrence; Surgical resection; Survival

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ABDOMINAL BLEEDING; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT FISTULA; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER THERAPY; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FAILURE; META ANALYSIS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PLEURA EFFUSION; PUBLICATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND INFECTION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE COURSE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER RESECTION; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; TIME; TUMOR RECURRENCE; ABLATION THERAPY; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RECURRENCE FREE SURVIVAL; RECURRENCE RISK; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR GROWTH;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; ODDS RATIO; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 84905842779     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i29.10174     Document Type: Article

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