title: [Factors affecting survival of hepatic carcinoma patients and their clinical significance].
abstract: 621 patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma were given more than 2 times of intervention treatment. The correlations between the survival rates, tumor histology, portal tumor thrombus and the method and frequency of intervention treatment were analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  (1) The survival rates were higher in cases with single nodular tumor than in those with diffuse-tumors. (2) The survival rates of cases without tumor thrombus in portal system were significantly higher than those with tumor thrombus. However, no correlation was found between the survival rates and the location of thrombus in portal vein. (3) Intraarterial drug infusion combined with lipoidol plus gelatin sponge embolization gave the best therapeutic resalts. (4) How frequent was the intervention would be determined by the patients' general condition and was dependent on the quality of treatment. The cumulative survival rates were greatly affected by the above-mentioned factors. The treatment needs to be individualized.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Changhai Hospital.
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jia
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tian
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D016461:Chemoembolization, Therapeutic; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D015996:Survival Rate
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents