The value of the Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer and alpha-fetoprotein in the prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma Valor pronóstico del sistema de estadificación "Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer" y la alfa-fetoproteína en el carcinoma hepatocelular

Introduction and objectives: presently, the reference staging system to evaluate the prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients is "The Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer" (BCLC) system. The value of alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) has not been properly defined. The aim of this study was to e...

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Main Authors: Rafael Gómez-Rodríguez, Marta Romero-Gutiérrez, Tomás Artaza-Varasa, Concepción González-Frutos, Juan José Ciampi-Dopazo, Gema-de-la Cruz-Pérez, Juan José Sánchez-Ruano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Aran Ediciones 2012-06-01
Series:Revista Espanola de Enfermedades Digestivas
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Online Access:http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1130-01082012000600003