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World J Gastroenterol. Apr 28, 2013; 19(16): 2521-2528
Published online Apr 28, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i16.2521
Published online Apr 28, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i16.2521
Trans-arterial chemo-embolization is safe and effective for very elderly patients with hepatocellular carcinoma
Matan J Cohen, Orly Barak, Tova Nesher, Daniel Shouval, Izhar Levi, Oren Shibolet, Division of Internal Medicine, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
Allan I Bloom, Alexander Klimov, Interventional Radiology Unit, Department of Radiology, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
Oren Shibolet, Liver Unit, Department of Gastroenterology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and The Sackler Faculty of Medicine Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv 64239, Israel
Author contributions: Cohen MJ, Levi I, Shouval D and Shibolet O designed the research; Cohen MJ, Barak O, Bloom AI, Klimov A and Nesher T performed the research; Cohen MJ, Levi I and Shibolet O analyzed the data; and Cohen MJ, Levi I, Bloom AI, Shouval D and Shibolet O wrote the paper.
Supported by The UJIA-UK Eli Gold Trust and the Hadassah Salzberg and Puerto-Rico endowments (partially)
Correspondence to: Oren Shibolet, MD, Liver Unit, Department of Gastroenterology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and The Sackler Faculty of Medicine Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv 64239, Israel. orensh@tasmc.health.gov.il
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Received: September 18, 2012
Revised: December 12, 2012
Accepted: January 11, 2013
Published online: April 28, 2013
Revised: December 12, 2012
Accepted: January 11, 2013
Published online: April 28, 2013
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