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.
Chau
Gar-Yang
GY
Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, 112.
Lui
Wing-Yiu
WY
Wu
Chew-Wun
CW
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