Liver cancer in Malaysia: Epidemiology and clinical presentation in a multiracial Asian population

Journal of Digestive Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 152-158

  Goh, Khean Lee ^a   Razlan, Hamizah ^a   Hartono, Juanda Leo ^a   Qua, Choon Seng ^a   Yoong, Boon Koon ^a   Koh, Peng Soon ^a   Abdullah, Basri Johan Jeet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

BCLC staging; Chinese; Hepatocelluar carcinoma; Indian; Malay; Multiracial Asian population

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; AFP PROTEIN, HUMAN; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BARCELONA CLINIC LIVER CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; CHINESE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE ASSESSMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INDIAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAY (PEOPLE); MALAYSIA; MALE; MULTIRACIAL PERSON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; BLOOD; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHINA; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; INDIA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; SECONDARY;

AGED; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; BIOMARKERS, TUMOR; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84925460580     PISSN: 17512972     EISSN: 17512980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1751-2980.12223     Document Type: Article

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