Tumor size predicts vascular invasion and histologic grade

Vascular invasion and high histologic grade predict poor outcome after surgical resection or liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Despite the known association between tumor size and vascular invasion, a proportion of patients with large tumors can be treated surgically with exc...

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Main Author: Abdalla, Eddie (author)
Other Authors: Pawlik, Timothy (author), Delman, Keith (author), Vauthey, Nicolas (author), Nagorney, David (author), Oi-Lin Ng, Irene (author), Yamaoka, Yoshio (author), Ikai, Iwao (author), Belghiti, Jacques (author), Lauwers, Gregory (author), Poon, Ronnie (author)
Format: article
Published: 2005
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10725/2535
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lt.20472
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/lt.20472/full
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