Liver transplantation outcomes for early-stage hepatocellular carcinoma: Results of a multicenter study

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1343-1354

  Leung, Jessica Y ^a   Zhu, Andrew X ^a   Gordon, Frederic D ^c   Pratt, Daniel S ^b   Mithoefer, Abigail ^b   Garrigan, Kathryn ^c   Terella, Adam ^a   Hertl, Martin ^a   Cosimi, A Benedict ^a   Chung, Raymond T ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CATHETER ABLATION; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 8844258032     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.20311     Document Type: Article

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