Spectrum and significance of microscopic vascular invasion in hepatocellular carcinoma
Gar-Yang Chau1, Wing-Yiu Lui, Chew-Wun Wu
1Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, 112.
Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America
|May 9, 2003
Abstract:
Microscopic vascular invasion frequently occurs in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). It is a biologic characteristic of HCC to consider when selecting patients for surgical treatment. In addition, microscopic vascular invasion is important to consider in the development of strategies to prevent cancer recurrence after potentially curative therapy.
