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The Influence of Liver Resection on Intrahepatic Tumor Growth
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The Influence of Liver Resection on Intrahepatic Tumor Growth
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07:55 min

April 09, 2016

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Chapters

  • 00:00Title
  • 00:05The Problem of Post-hepatectomy Recurrence
  • 00:32A Model to Investigate Hepatic Tumor Growth After Liver Resection
  • 01:39Performing a 70% Liver Resection and Intrahepatic Tumor Cell Injection in Mice
  • 06:48Results
  • 07:39Conclusion

Summary

Automatic Translation

A high incidence of tumor recurrence after resection of liver metastases remains an unsolved problem. The illustrated mouse model may be useful to investigate the reasons for such recurrences. It combines a liver resection model with intrahepatic tumor cell injection for the first time.

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