title: [Hepatocellular carcinoma: treatment of 23 cases].
abstract: In this study, we compared the clinical aspects of the patients with hepatocarcinoma treated in the Clinical and Surgical Gastroenterology Division, Federal University of São Paulo Medical School. Thirty three patients with hepatocarcinoma were treated between 1989 and 1997, 23 were treated surgically or by chemotherapy. Ten of them, in bad clinical conditions, were treated only with supportive treatment. Among the 23 treated patients, 12 were treated surgically, 10 with transcatheter arterial chemoembolization and one with systemic chemotherapy. The liver nodes size varied from 2.6 to 20 cm, being 82% greater than 5 cm. The mean survival was 14.8 months for the surgical treated patients and 9.8 months for the transcatheter arterial chemoembolization treated patients. These differences were not significant by the Kaplan-Meyer curve. The patients with liver nodes under 5 cm had better survival (P < 0.05). We can conclude that independent of the clinical stage, the size of the liver node is an important factor on prognosis. Patients with live nodes smaller than 5 cm have better survival than the others with greater tumors.
authors.affiliation: UNIFESP-EPM.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Honório
authors.forename: J Z
authors.initials: JZ
authors.lastname: Gil
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Giovanoni
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Francisco Júnior
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lustre
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Triviño
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Forones
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016019:Survival Analysis