Preoperative PET-CT is useful for predicting recurrent extrahepatic metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma after resection
Kei Morio, Tomokazu Kawaoka, Hiroshi Aikata, Maiko Namba, Shinsuke Uchikawa, Kenichiro Kodama, Kazuki Ohya, Hatsue Fujino, Takashi Nakahara, Eisuke Murakami, Masami Yamauchi, Masataka Tsuge, Akira Hiramatsu, Michio Imamura, Yuko Nakamura, Motonori Akagi, Kazuo Awai, Tsuyoshi Kobayashi, Hideki Ohdan, Kazuaki Chayama
Topics & Concepts
MedicineHepatocellular carcinomaMetastasisMalignancyRadiologyProportional hazards modelPredictive valueHazard ratioLogistic regressionMultivariate analysisPredictive value of testsPositron emission tomographyInternal medicineOncologyCancerConfidence intervalHepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and PrognosisCancer Research and TreatmentCholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies