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World J Gastroenterol. Dec 7, 2007; 13(45): 6022-6026
Published online Dec 7, 2007. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i45.6022
Predictive factors of tumor response to trans-catheter treatment in cirrhotic patients with hepatocellular carcinoma: A multivariate analysis of pre-treatment findings
Roberto Miraglia, Giada Pietrosi, Luigi Maruzzelli, Ioannis Petridis, Settimo Caruso, Gianluca Marrone, Giuseppe Mamone, Giovanni Vizzini, Angelo Luca, Bruno Gridelli
Roberto Miraglia, Luigi Maruzzelli, Settimo Caruso, Gianluca Marrone, Giuseppe Mamone, Angelo Luca, Department of Radiology, Mediterranean Institute for Transplantation and Advanced Specialized Therapies (IsMeTT), University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Palermo 90127, Italy
Giada Pietrosi, Ioannis Petridis, Giovanni Vizzini, Department of Hepatology, Mediterranean Institute for Transplantation and Advanced Specialized Therapies (IsMeTT), University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Palermo 90127, Italy
Bruno Gridelli, Department of Transplantation Surgery, Mediterranean Institute for Transplantation and Advanced Specialized Therapies (IsMeTT), University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Palermo 90127, Italy
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to the work.
Correspondence to: Roberto Miraglia, Department of Radiology, Mediterranean Institute for Transplantation and Advanced Specialized Therapies (IsMeTT), University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, IsMeTT, Via Tricomi 1, Palermo 90127, Italy. rmiraglia@ismett.edu
Telephone: +39-91-2192111 Fax: +39-91-2192344
Received: July 20, 2007
Revised: September 27, 2007
Accepted: October 30, 2007
Published online: December 7, 2007
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