Resection versus transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma exceeding Milan criteria within increasing donor shortage

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Kuniya Tanaka. Hepatobiliary Surg Nutr. 2017 Aug.

. 2017 Aug;6(4):280-283.

doi: 10.21037/hbsn.2017.03.14.

¹ Department of Surgery, Division of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Teikyo University Chiba Medical Center, Chiba, Japan.

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