Prognosis of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. Validation and ranking of established staging-systems in a large western HCC-cohort.

Prognosis of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. Validation and ranking of established staging-systems in a large western HCC-cohort.

<h4>Background</h4>HCC is diagnosed in approximately half a million people per year, worldwide. Staging is a more complex issue than in most other cancer entities and, mainly due to unique geographic characteristics of the disease, no universally accepted staging system exists to date. F...

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Main Authors: Mark op den Winkel, Dorothea Nagel, Julia Sappl, Philip op den Winkel, Rolf Lamerz, Christoph J Zech, Gundula Straub, Thomas Nickel, Markus Rentsch, Petra Stieber, Burkhard Göke, Frank T Kolligs
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Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23071507/?tool=EBI

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