[Clinical factors affecting prognosis of small hepatocellular carcinoma after hepatectomy].
One hundred and two patients with histologically diagnosed small hepatocellular carcinoma (< or = 5cm HCC) underwent curative irregular hepatectomy in our hospital from Nov 1972 to Nov 1992. The postoperative survival rates at 1,3,5 and 10 years were 93.9%, 75.3%, 52.8% and 44.6%, respectively. We analysed the clinical factors using a Cox model and found that the clinical staging of HCC, gamma-GT, satellite tumor nodules, tumour capsule and postoperative recurrence have significant effect on the survival rate of patients. We conclude that early diagnosis of sub--clinical HCC, transarterial embolism after hepatectomy to reduce postoperative recurrence, and active treatment with operation and/or TAE after recurrence are effective methods to improve survival of HCC patients.
Chen
M S
MS
Tumour Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Science, Guangzhou.
Li
J Q
JQ
Li
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GH
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D011379:Prognosis; D015996:Survival Rate