[Multivariate analysis of prognostic factors after hepatectomy for primary liver cancer].
OBJECTIVE
To determine the prognostic factors for primary liver cancer (PLC) after hepatectomy.


METHODS
182 patients who underwent hepatectomy for PLC from 1988 to 1996 were included for univariate and Cox multivariate analysis. 20 factors contributed to the long-term survival rate (SR) and the disease-free SR were analysed.


RESULTS
The cumulative SR (n = 182) in 5 years was 43.3%. The 5-year SR and disease-free SR in the curative resection (CR) group (n = 156) were 48.0%, 24.9%, respectively. Multivariate analysis revealed that classification of CR and differentiation grade were significant factors for the long-term SR, and classification of CR and Child-Pugh's classification were significant factors for the disease-free SR. The 5-year SR and disease-free SR for pathological CR, clinical CR and non-CR (palliative resection) groups were 61.1%, 20.4%, 0 and 28.8%, 15.5%, 0, respectively.


CONCLUSIONS
The classification of CR is the determining prognostic factor. Pathological CR is the first option for patients with requirements. To control liver disease and improve adjuvant therapy are essential to decreasing the recurrence and metastasis rates.
Wang
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Y
Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing 100853.
Liu
Y
Y
Feng
Y
Y
Zhou
N
N
Gu
W
W
Huang
Z
Z
Zhao
H
H
Ji
X
X
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006498:Hepatectomy; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011379:Prognosis; D016019:Survival Analysis; D015996:Survival Rate