AASLD guidelines for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma

Hepatology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 358-380

  Heimbach, Julie K ^a   Kulik, Laura M ^b   Finn, Richard S ^c   Sirlin, Claude B ^d   Abecassis, Michael M ^b   Roberts, Lewis R ^a   Zhu, Andrew X ^e   Murad, M Hassan ^a   Marrero, Jorge A ^f  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER THERAPY; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; CHILD PUGH SCORE; DISEASE BURDEN; EARLY CANCER; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; LIVER TUMOR;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 85038436844     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.29086     Document Type: Article

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