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ArticleClinics and practice2024

Epidemiology of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Taiwan.

Yu-Wei Lai, Ching-Hu Chung

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Article in Clinics and practice, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yu-Wei LaiGeneral Education Center, University of Taipei, Taipei 104, Taiwan.
Ching-Hu ChungDepartment of Medicine, Mackay Medical College, New Taipei City 252, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-3096-8974
Mackay Medical University · TWUniversity of Taipei · TW

Funding

Mackay Medical College 109-CF-G1-01, MMC-RD-110-CF-G001-01, MMC-RD-110-1B-P014, MMC-RD-110-CF-G001-01, and MMC-RD-112-1E-P001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundHepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a major contributor to the world's cancer burden. Understanding the HCC incidence rate in Taiwan is thus an interesting avenue of research.

methodsFrom an NHI database, those patients who had been newly diagnosed with HCC and who had been listed on a registry in a catastrophic illness dataset during the years 2013-2021 were enrolled in this study. Antineoplastic agent usage and comorbidities were also studied.

resultsThe incidence rate of HCC decreased from 57.77 to 44.95 in 100,000 from 2013 to 2021. The average age of patients with HCC increased from 65.54 years old with a CCI score of 4.98 in 2013 to 67.92 years old with a CCI score of 5.49 in 2021. Among these HCC patients, the patients under antineoplastic agent treatment decreased from 53.47% to 31.41% from 2013 to 2021. The presence of comorbidities in HCC patients was about 55.77-83.01% with mild liver disease and 29.93-37.30% with diabetes (without complications) in the period 2013-2021.

conclusionsThe incidence rate of HCC slightly decreased in Taiwan. Due to antineoplastic agent usage decreasing over time, these results may indicate that more early-stage HCC patients detected in recent years were mainly treated with surgeries.

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PMID38666802
PMCPMC11048999
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