Report of the 20th Nationwide follow‐up survey of primary liver cancer in Japan

• Published in: Hepatology research Vol. 50; no. 1; pp. 15 - 46
• Main Authors: Kudo, Masatoshi, Izumi, Namiki, Kubo, Shoji, Kokudo, Norihiro, Sakamoto, Michiie, Shiina, Shuichiro, Tateishi, Ryosuke, Nakashima, Osamu, Murakami, Takamichi, Matsuyama, Yutaka, Takahashi, Arata, Miyata, Hiroaki, Takayama, Tadatoshi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.01.2020; John Wiley and Sons Inc
• Subjects: Cholangiocarcinoma; Clinical trials; combined hepatocellular cholangiocarcinoma; cumulative survival rate; Hepatectomy; Hepatocellular carcinoma; intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma; Liver cancer; Liver Cancer Study Group of Japan; Medical prognosis; nationwide follow‐up survey; Patients; Special Report; Survival; Tumors; Japan; Liver Cancer Study Group of Japan; nationwide follow-up survey; hepatocellular carcinoma; intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma; combined hepatocellular cholangiocarcinoma; cumulative survival rate

In the 20th Nationwide Follow‐up Survey of Primary Liver Cancer in Japan, data from 21 075 new patients and 40 769 previously followed patients were compiled from 544 institutions over a 2‐year period from 1 January 2008 to 31 December 2009. Compared with the previous 19th survey, the population of...