Refining surgical therapy of liver cancer in cirrhosis: etiology makes the difference

Massimo Colombo¹, Ana Lleo^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Rozzano, Italy.
² Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele, Italy.

Editorial

Massimo Colombo et al. Transl Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2018.

. 2018 Dec 14:3:104.

doi: 10.21037/tgh.2018.12.03. eCollection 2018.

Massimo Colombo¹, Ana Lleo^{1

2}

¹ Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Rozzano, Italy.
² Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele, Italy.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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