Surgical treatment of lymph node metastases from hepatocellular carcinoma

• Published in: Journal of hepato-biliary-pancreatic sciences Vol. 18; no. 4; pp. 559 - 566
• Main Authors: Kobayashi, Shin, Takahashi, Shinichiro, Kato, Yuichiro, Gotohda, Naoto, Nakagohri, Toshio, Konishi, Masaru, Kinoshita, Taira
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan Springer Japan 01.07.2011; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Abdomen; Abdominal Surgery; Aged; Biopsy; Carcinoma, Hepatocellular - mortality; Carcinoma, Hepatocellular - secondary; Carcinoma, Hepatocellular - surgery; Confidence intervals; Disease-Free Survival; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Gastroenterology; hepatocellular carcinoma; Hepatology; Humans; Japan - epidemiology; Liver cancer; Liver Neoplasms - mortality; Liver Neoplasms - pathology; Liver Neoplasms - surgery; Lymph Node Excision - methods; lymph node metastases; Lymphatic Metastasis - diagnosis; Lymphatic system; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Metastasis; Original Article; Ovarian cancer; Retrospective Studies; Surgery; Surgical Oncology; Survival Rate - trends; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Treatment Outcome; Japan; Lymph node metastases; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Surgery

Background No consensus has been reached on the feasibility and efficacy of surgery for lymph node metastases (LNM) from hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Methods Of 2189 patients with HCC treated at our hospital between July 1992 and March 2008, we retrospectively reviewed the medical dossiers of the...