Diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma with inferior vena cava/right atrium tumor thrombus (Review)
- Authors:
- Yinchuan Xia
- Junqi Zhang
- Xiaoling Ni
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Affiliations: Department of Oncology, Bazhong Central Hospital, Bazhong, Sichuan 636000, P.R. China - Published online on: August 7, 2020 https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2020.11962
- Article Number: 101
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Copyright: © Xia et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.
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