Staging systems for hepatocellular carcinoma: Current status and future perspectives

World Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 406-424

  Kinoshita, Akiyoshi ^a   Onoda, Hiroshi ^a   Fushiya, Nao ^a   Koike, Kazuhiko ^a   Nishino, Hirokazu ^a   Tajiri, Hisao ^b  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatocellular carcinoma; Prognosis; Scoring system; Staging system

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928946355     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19485182     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4254/wjh.v7.i3.406     Document Type: Article

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