E arly detection of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is important, since the most effective treatment for HCC is surgical resection or local ablation therapy when the tumor is small. Fortunately, recent advances in liver imaging techniques have facilitated the detection of small HCCs. ## Recent progr
Current status of surgery and transplantation in the management of hepatocellular carcinoma: an overview
โ Scribed by Pal, Sujoy ;Pande, Girish Kumar
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 110 KB
- Volume
- 8
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0944-1166
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