Initial response to percutaneous ablation predicts survival in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

Hepatology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1352-1360

  Sala, Margarita ^a   Llovet, Josep M ^a   Vilana, Ramon ^a   Bianchi, Lluís ^a   Solé, Manel ^a   Ayuso, Carmen ^a   Brú, Concepció ^a   Bruix, Jordi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CATHETER ABLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NECROSIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 9744265831     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.20465     Document Type: Article

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