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ArticleAging2019

Hepatic resection for hepatocellular carcinoma in the octogenarian: is it justified?

Chao-Wei Lee, Kun-Ming Chan, Hsin-I Tsai, Yi-Chung Hsieh, Cheng-Yu Lin, Yung-Chia Kuo, Heng-Yuan Hsu, Ming-Chin Yu

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Article in Aging, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Tumor size larger than 6.5 cm and microvascular invasion are comparable prognosticators for hepatocellular carcinoma: a multi-institutional observational study.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Chao-Wei LeeDivision of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Medical Center, Guishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Kun-Ming ChanDivision of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Medical Center, Guishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Hsin-I TsaiCollege of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Guishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Yi-Chung HsiehDivision of Hepatology, Department of Hepatogastroenterology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Medical Center, Guishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Cheng-Yu LinDivision of Gastroenterology, Department of Hepatogastroenterology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Medical Center, Guishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Yung-Chia KuoCollege of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Guishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Heng-Yuan HsuDivision of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Medical Center, Guishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Ming-Chin YuDivision of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Medical Center, Guishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital · TWChang Gung University · TW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Liver resection is a standard treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The purpose of this study was to investigate the clinicopathological characteristics and long-term outcomes of octogenarians with HCC treated with liver resection. Records of patients who underwent liver resection for HCC were reviewed, and patients older and younger than 80 years were compared. There were 77 patients 80 years of age or older and 3,309 younger than 80 years. Hepatitis C virus infection was the most common etiology among the octogenarians (43.1%), followed by non-viral causes (37.5%). The older group had more co-morbidity but less hepatitis B virus infection and cirrhosis. More than 70% of the non-viral older group had diabetes mellitus, as compared to only 21.6% in the viral older group. The older group had rates of perioperative morbidity, mortality, disease-free survival, and overall survival comparable to the younger group (all

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AgedAged, 80 and overAgingCarcinoma, HepatocellularFemaleHumansLiver NeoplasmsMaleMiddle AgedRetrospective Studieselderlyhepatic resectionhepatocellular carcinomaoctogenarian

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PMID30867335
PMCPMC6428089
OpenAlexW2921578756

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