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Hepatoma in the elderly—Follow-up on a case report

✍ Scribed by Carbone, Paul P.

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1996
Tongue
English
Weight
34 KB
Volume
26
Category
Article
ISSN
0098-1532

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✦ Synopsis

Hepatoma in the Elderly-Follow-Up on a Case Report

Last year we reported a patient with hepatoma (IB) who was 95 years old at the time of diagnosis. He was treated with cisplatin intra-arterially. We now have a 5-year follow-up and 4 years of off all therapy. He continues to do well with a normal alphafetoprotein and ultrasound of the liver that shows mainly scar tissue.

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