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Researchers from Nagasaki University Report Details of New Studies and Findings in the Area of Ascites

Published in Blood Weekly, February 2nd, 2012

2012 FEB 2 -- In this recent article published in the journal Anticancer Research, scientists in Nagasaki, Japan conducted a study "To clarify pen operative factors associated with poor survival following hepatectomy. Clinical parameters and stress score, including surgical stress score (SSS) and comprehensive risk score (CRS) were examined from 183 hepatocellular carcinoma patients who underwent hepatectomy."

"Factors associated with tumor relapse were increased blood loss/weight, uncontrolled ascites and grade B liver damage (p <0.05). Ascites was identified as an independent risk factor by multivariate logistic regression analysis. Increased...

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