Advances in surgical therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma

Hasegawa, K.; Kokudo, N.; Makuuchi, M.

Gan to Kagaku Ryoho. Cancer and ChemoTherapy 31(13): 2110-2113

2004


ISSN/ISBN: 0385-0684
PMID: 15628753
Document Number: 573879
The first therapeutic option for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is systematic liver resection. Recent advances in operation techniques and peri-operative management have contributed to enlarging the indications of liver resection for HCC, and served to improve the long-term survival. Only liver resection can be a curative treatment for HCC with portal venous tumor thrombus.

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