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ArticleJournal of gastrointestinal cancer2020

Prognostic Factors and Survival Outcomes of Surgical Resection of Huge Hepatocellular Carcinomas.

Jayanand Sunil Bhanu, Balasubramanian Venkitaraman, Ravisankar Palaniappan, Rama Ranganathan, Ramakrishnan Ayloor Seshadri, Vikash Mahajan

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Article in Journal of gastrointestinal cancer, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Jayanand Sunil BhanuDepartment of Surgical Oncology, Cancer Institute (WIA), Adyar, Chennai, India. drsunilbjs@yahoo.co.in.
Balasubramanian VenkitaramanDepartment of Surgical Oncology, Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, Chennai, India.
Ravisankar PalaniappanDepartment of Surgical Oncology, Sri Venkateshwaraa Medical College, Puducherry, India.
Rama RanganathanDepartment of Biostatistics, Cancer Institute (WIA), Adyar, Chennai, India.
Ramakrishnan Ayloor SeshadriDepartment of Surgical Oncology, Cancer Institute (WIA), Adyar, Chennai, India.
Vikash MahajanMadras Cancer Care Foundation, Chennai, India.
Cancer Institute (WIA) · INFetal Care Research Foundation · INSri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research · INSri Venkateshwaraa Medical College Hospital and Research Centre · IN

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Abstract

introductionThe aim of the study was to analyze the various prognostic factors that influence survival and clinical outcomes in patients undergoing liver resection for huge hepatocellular carcinomas. MATERIALS AND

methodsThe records of patients who underwent curative surgery between 1991 and 2011 for huge hepatocellular carcinoma were analyzed. Various prognostic factors that influenced the survival were studied. The patients were followed up till November 2016.

resultsThe number of patients who underwent liver resection with huge hepatocellular carcinoma during the study period was 17; this included 14 males and 3 females. The median age of the study population was 52 years. The median serum AFP in the study population was 132.3 ng/ml (range 2 to 187,000 ng/ml). 41.2% of the patients were hepatitis B positive. The overall morbidity was 6%. The mortality rate was nil. The mean size of the resected specimen was 13.9 cm ± 3.6 cm. The overall recurrence rate was 76.5%. The local recurrence rate was 29.4%. The median time to recurrence was 8 months. The 5-year disease-free survival and overall survival of the study group were 26% and 32%, respectively. The factors that predicted an adverse survival outcome after the log-rank test for univariate analysis using life-table method were presence of lymphovascular invasion (p = 0.047), age ≤ 55 years (p = 0.021), and raised serum AFP (p = 0.041).

conclusionThe factors that predict an adverse outcome after surgery in patients with huge hepatocellular carcinomas were the presence of lymphovascular invasion, raised serum AFP, and age ≤ 55 years.

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Carcinoma, HepatocellularFemaleHumansLiver NeoplasmsMaleMiddle AgedPrognosisSurvival AnalysisTreatment OutcomeHepatocellular carcinomaHugeLiver resectionPrognostic factorsSurvival outcomes

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