Assessment of symptom experience in patients undergoing hepatic resection or ablation

Quality of life (QOL) currently is considered both clinically meaningful and biologically important for patient outcome and is considered as important as disease‐free and overall survival. Thus, the objective of the current study was to evaluate the QOL symptoms of patients who underwent major hepatic resection, minor hepatic resection, and ablation for primary or metastatic cancer to the liver.

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