Characteristics at presentation and outcome of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in the elderly
| Autor: | Francesco Perrone, Gaetano Capuano, Giuseppe Signoriello, Luigi Elio Adinolfi, Maria Stanzione, Carlo Del Naja, Giampiero Marone, Silvana Elba, Fabio Farinati, Francesco Izzo, Sandro Pignata, Antonio Giorgio, Fabiana Castiglione, Massimo Di Maio, Ermelinda De Maio, Ilario de Sio, Ciro Gallo, Oreste Cuomo, Giovanni Battista Gaeta, Martina Felder, Bruno Daniele |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry Proportional hazards model health care facilities manpower and services Cancer social sciences Hematology medicine.disease humanities Surgery Oncology Baseline characteristics Hepatocellular carcinoma Internal medicine Retrospective analysis Medicine Stage (cooking) Presentation (obstetrics) business Liver cancer |
| Zdroj: | Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology. 59:243-249 |
| ISSN: | 1040-8428 |
| Popis: | Purpose To describe the characteristics at presentation and the outcome of elderly patients (≥70 years old) with HCC, a retrospective analysis using a CLIP database was performed. Patients and methods The database included 650 patients. χ 2-test, logistic and Cox model were applied. Results Baseline characteristics and stage were similarly among elderly ( n =158) and non-elderly ( n =492) patients. More elderly patients did not receive any local treatment (56% versus 38%, p Conclusion Elderly patients with HCC have a worse prognosis compared to non-elderly ones. Such difference seems the consequence of undertreatment. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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