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Liver Transplantation for Liver Tumors

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Therapeutic Strategies in Primary and Metastatic Liver Cancer

Part of the book series: Recent Results in Cancer Research ((RECENTCANCER,volume 100))

Abstract

Liver transplantation principally can be considered as a suitable form of treatment for any patient with progressive or end-stage liver disease, when no other standard therapy is available. The two main categories of indications are liver cirrhosis with severe complications from functional deterioration and primary malignancies of the liver.

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  1. Chirurgische Klinik, Städtisches Klinikum, Salzdahlumer Strasse 90, 3300, Braunschweig, Germany

    P. Neuhaus, C. E. Brölsch, B. Ringe & R. Pichlmayr

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  1. Chirurgische Klinik, Klinikum der Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 110, 6900, Heidelberg 1, Germany

    Christian Herfarth , Peter Schlag  & Peter Hohenberger ,  & 

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Neuhaus, P., Brölsch, C.E., Ringe, B., Pichlmayr, R. (1986). Liver Transplantation for Liver Tumors. In: Herfarth, C., Schlag, P., Hohenberger, P. (eds) Therapeutic Strategies in Primary and Metastatic Liver Cancer. Recent Results in Cancer Research, vol 100. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-82635-1_28

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