Findings in hepatocellular cancer therapy reported from Second Military Medical University

A new study, "Tumor thrombus types influence the prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma with the tumor thrombi in the portal vein," is now available. In this recent report, researchers in Shanghai, People's Republic of China conducted a study "To evaluate the benefits of the tumor thrombus types system on determining treatments and prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma patients (HCC) with tumor thrombi in the portal vein. According to anatomic features of the portal vein in the liver and tumor thrombus of HCC developing modes, a uniform tumor thrombus types system (types I-IV) was first recommended. 84 HCC patients with portal vein tumor thrombi, which from January 2000 to January 2003 in...

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