Liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma: clinical results and future aspects
β Scribed by Rudolf Pichlmayr; Arved Weimann; Gustav Steinhoff; Burckhardt Ringe
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 549 KB
- Volume
- 31
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0344-5704
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## Key Points 1. Hepatic epithelioid hemangioendothelioma is a rare disease with a variable natural history; current data support liver transplantation for unresectable disease. 2. Anti-vascular endothelial cell growth factor therapy may change the approach to hepatic epithelioid hemangioendotheli