Long-term results of a randomized, observation-controlled, phase III trial of adjuvant interferon Alfa-2b in hepatocellular carcinoma after curative resection.

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Published in Ann Surg on January 01, 2012

Authors

Li-Tzong Chen1, Miin-Fu Chen, Lung-An Li, Po-Huang Lee, Long-Bin Jeng, Deng-Yn Lin, Cheng-Chung Wu, King-Tong Mok, Chao-Long Chen, Wei-Chen Lee, Gar-Yang Chau, Yaw-Sen Chen, Wing-Yui Lui, Chin-Fu Hsiao, Jacqueline Whang-Peng, Pei-Jer Chen, Disease Committee of Adjuvant Therapy for Postoperative Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Taiwan Cooperative Oncology Group, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan

Author Affiliations

1: National Institute of Cancer Research, National Health Research Institutes, Tainan, Taiwan. leochen@nhri.org.tw

Associated clinical trials:

Phase Ⅲ Randomized Trial in Postoperative Hepatocellular Carcinoma | NCT00149565

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