Hepatocellular carcinoma: present status and future prospects.

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Published in J Hepatol on January 01, 2003

Authors

Josep M Llovet1, Michel Beaugrand

Author Affiliations

1: Barcelona-Clínic Liver Cancer (BCLC) Group, Liver Unit, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona, Villarroel, 170, 08036, Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain. jmllovet@clinic.ub.es

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