Spectrum and significance of microscopic vascular invasion in hepatocellular carcinoma.
Microscopic vascular invasion frequently occurs in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). It is a biologic characteristic of HCC to consider when selecting patients for surgical treatment. In addition, microscopic vascular invasion is important to consider in the development of strategies to prevent cancer recurrence after potentially curative therapy.
Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, 112.
Gar-Yang
GY
Chau
Wing-Yiu
WY
Lui
Chew-Wun
CW
Wu
D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D009367:Neoplasm Staging