Twenty-one patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) larger than 10 cm diameter were treated during the 18 year period from 197 1 to 1988. The mean tumor size was 13 cm (range 10-18 cm). Nineteen patients (90.5%) had subjective symptoms. Eight patients (38.1 %) had alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) levels
Outcomes of hepatic resection for huge hepatocellular carcinoma (≥10 cm in diameter)
✍ Scribed by Yo-ichi Yamashita; Akinobu Taketomi; Ken Shirabe; Shinichi Aishima; Eiji Tsuijita; Kazutoyo Morita; Hiroto Kayashima; Yoshihiko Maehara
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 264 KB
- Volume
- 104
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-4790
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