Liver transplantation is proposed as the best therapy for early hepatocellular carcinoma in cirrhotic patients. However, the confrontation with the results obtained by surgical resection has never been done on an intention-to-treat basis. Between 1989 and 1997, 164 out of 1,265 patients with hepatoc
Resection or transplant-listing for solitary hepatitis C-associated hepatocellular carcinoma: an intention-to-treat analysis
β Scribed by Hiroshi Sogawa; Brian Shrager; Ghalib Jibara; Parissa Tabrizian; Sasan Roayaie; Myron Schwartz
- Book ID
- 117960262
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 361 KB
- Volume
- 15
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1365-182X
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