Report of the 17th Nationwide Follow-up Survey of Primary Liver Cancer in Japan.

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Published in Hepatol Res on September 01, 2007

Authors

Iwao Ikai1, Shigeki Arii, Masatoshi Okazaki, Kiwamu Okita, Masao Omata, Masamichi Kojiro, Kenichi Takayasu, Yasuni Nakanuma, Masatoshi Makuuchi, Yutaka Matsuyama, Morito Monden, Masatoshi Kudo

Author Affiliations

1: The Liver Cancer Study Group of Japan, Kyoto, Japan.

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