Salvage liver transplantation leads to poorer outcome in hepatocellular carcinoma compared with primary liver transplantation

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Shan, Yuhua ^a   Huang, Lifeng ^a   Xia, Qiang ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SALVAGE THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SALVAGE THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85015329792     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep44652     Document Type: Article

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