Comparison of Recurrence of Hepatocellular Carcinoma After Resection in Patients with Cirrhosis to Its Occurrence in a Surveilled Cirrhotic Population

• Published in: Annals of surgical oncology Vol. 16; no. 2; pp. 413 - 422
• Main Authors: Cucchetti, Alessandro, Piscaglia, Fabio, Caturelli, Eugenio, Benvegnù, Luisa, Vivarelli, Marco, Ercolani, Giorgio, Cescon, Matteo, Ravaioli, Matteo, Grazi, Gian Luca, Bolondi, Luigi, Pinna, Antonio Daniele
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer-Verlag 01.02.2009; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Aged; Biomarkers, Tumor - analysis; Carcinoma, Hepatocellular - diagnosis; Carcinoma, Hepatocellular - mortality; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Tumors; Humans; Italy - epidemiology; Liver Cirrhosis - epidemiology; Liver Cirrhosis - surgery; Liver Neoplasms - diagnosis; Liver Neoplasms - mortality; Lymphatic Metastasis; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Neoplasm Recurrence, Local - diagnosis; Neoplasm Recurrence, Local - mortality; Neoplasm Staging; Oncology; Prognosis; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; Surgery; Surgical Oncology; Survival Rate; Treatment Outcome; Italy; Tace; Propensity Score; Early Recurrence; Remnant Liver; Hepatic Resection

The presence of cirrhosis is the only risk factor that is advocated for recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) 2 years after hepatic resection compared with noncirrhotic control subjects; however, data for cohorts of exclusively patients with cirrhosis are lacking. This study was designed to a...