Hepatocellular Cancer

Study data from J. Huang et al provide new insights into hepatocellular cancer

Published in Cancer Weekly, September 22nd, 2009

According to recent research published in the Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, "The present study aimed to evaluate the long-term outcomes and prognostic factors of elderly patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) undergoing hepatectomy. From January 1983 to December 2006, 2,283 patients with HCC received hepatectomy in Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center."

"The clinicopathological data and treatment outcomes of 67 elderly HCC patients (elderly group, a parts per thousand yen70 years of age) and 268 patients (control group, < 70 years of age) who were selected randomly from the 2216 younger patients were compared retrospectively. The elderly HCC...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-09-22)

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