Percutaneous ethanol injection versus surgical resection for the treatment of small hepatocellular carcinoma: A prospective study

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 242, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 36-42

  Huang, Guan Tarn ^a   Lee, Po Huang ^a   Tsang, Yuk Ming ^a   Lai, Ming Yang ^a   Yang, Pei Ming ^a   Hu, Rey Heng ^a   Chen, Pei Jer ^a   Kao, Jia Horng ^a   Sheu, Jin Chuan ^a   Lee, Cha Ze ^a   Chen, Ding Shinn ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; INJECTION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER RESECTION; LOBECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK METASTASIS; PERCUTANEOUS ETHANOL INJECTION THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAFETY; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 84984533393     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000167925.90380.fe     Document Type: Article

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