title: Influence of hepatitis B virus infection and age on mode of growth of hepatocellular carcinoma.
abstract: According to the extent of hepatic involvement of the tumor and that of portal vein invasion at the time of initial diagnosis, patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) were grouped into three or four groups. Correlations among the extent of hepatic involvement, extent of portal vein invasion, and prevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and age distribution were examined. The extent of hepatic involvement of the tumor and that of portal vein invasion were significantly greater in patients with positive HBsAg compared with findings in the negative patients (P less than 0.001). For cases of both positive and negative HBsAg, patients with a more extensive HCC were significantly younger. Results of the multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that hepatitis B antigenemia and younger age were statistically significant and independent positive predictors of extensive HCC. These results strongly suggest that hepatitis B surface antigenemia and age play an important role in the growth mode and the kinetics of HCC in Japanese patients.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Internal Medicine Fukuoka University, School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shijo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Okazaki
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Koganemaru
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Higashi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sakaguchi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Okumura
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000150:complications*; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011169:Portal Vein; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012307:Risk Factors; D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens; D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins