## Abstract ## Background and Objectives It is important to identify prognostic factors in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) before hepatectomy. No previous studies have addressed the predictive efficacy of the preoperative doubling times of alphaβfetoprotein (AFP) and protein induced b
Preoperative positivity of serum tumor markers is a strong predictor of hematogenous recurrence of gastric cancer
β Scribed by Daniele Marrelli; Enrico Pinto; Alfonso De Stefano; Giovanni de Manzoni; Maurizio Farnetani; Lorenzo Garosi; Franco Roviello
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 94 KB
- Volume
- 78
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-4790
- DOI
- 10.1002/jso.1163
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