Hepatocellular Cancer
New findings from Kansai Medical University, Department of Surgery describe advances in hepatocellular cancer
Published in Cancer Weekly, October 19th, 2010
A report, 'Predictors of microvascular invasion before hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma,' is newly published data in Journal of Surgical Oncology. According to recent research from Hirakata, Japan, "Microvascular invasion (MVI) is difficult to detect before resection of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Clinicopathological and outcome data were retrospectively compared between 213 HCC patients with MVI and 221 patients without MVI who underwent hepatectomy."
"MVI risk was selected as an independent prognostic indicator for both disease-free and overall survival in our 434 HCC patients. Univariate and multivariate analyses showed that an age under 65 years,...
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