Francisco; RFTA, radiofrequency thermal ablation; TACE, transarterial chemoembolization; UNOS, United Network for Organ Sharing. This article is based on a review of the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma while patients are on a liver transplant waiting list that our group published in Journal of
Management of hepatocellular carcinoma in the waiting list before liver transplantation
β Scribed by Pietro Majno; Emiliano Giostra; Philippe Morel; Antoine Hadengue; Gilles Mentha; for the Geneva Liver Cancer Study Group
- Book ID
- 116650603
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 180 KB
- Volume
- 42
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0168-8278
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