Comparison of survival of patients with BCLC stage a hepatocellular carcinoma after hepatic resection or transarterial chemoembolization: A propensity score-based analysis

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 3069-3076

  Guo, Zhe ^a   Zhong, Jian Hong ^a   Jiang, Jing Hang ^a   Zhang, Jun ^a   Xiang, Bang De ^a   Li, Le Qun ^a  

^a GUANGXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; DOXORUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; IODINATED POPPYSEED OIL;

ADULT; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; CHILD PUGH SCORE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER RESECTION; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROPENSITY SCORE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; PROPENSITY SCORE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84906236278     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-014-3704-8     Document Type: Article

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