Primary role of radioembolization as a downstaging strategy in patients with macrovascular invasion prior to liver transplantation
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Giovanni Battista Levi Sandri
Division of General Surgery and Liver Transplantation, S. Camillo Hospital, Rome, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorGiammauro Berardi
Division of General Surgery and Liver Transplantation, S. Camillo Hospital, Rome, Italy
Liver and Transplant Unit, San Camillo Forlanini Hospital, Rome, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorValerio Giannelli
Liver and Transplant Unit, San Camillo Forlanini Hospital, Rome, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorGiuseppe Maria Ettorre
Division of General Surgery and Liver Transplantation, S. Camillo Hospital, Rome, Italy
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Giovanni Battista Levi Sandri
Division of General Surgery and Liver Transplantation, S. Camillo Hospital, Rome, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorGiammauro Berardi
Division of General Surgery and Liver Transplantation, S. Camillo Hospital, Rome, Italy
Liver and Transplant Unit, San Camillo Forlanini Hospital, Rome, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorValerio Giannelli
Liver and Transplant Unit, San Camillo Forlanini Hospital, Rome, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorGiuseppe Maria Ettorre
Division of General Surgery and Liver Transplantation, S. Camillo Hospital, Rome, Italy
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