All-treatment array of hepatocellular carcinoma from initial diagnosis to death: observation of cumulative treatments

Autor: Tae Hyun Kim, Byung-Ho Nam, Seong Hoon Kim, In Joon Lee, Hyun Boem Kim, Ji Eun Choi, Young Hwan Ko, Joong-Won Park, Hae Moon
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology
ISSN: 1432-1335
0171-5216
Popis: Purpose In clinical practice, most patients with hepatocellular carcinoma require subsequent treatments for remaining, progressing, or recurring tumors. We investigated all-treatment array and outcomes in an HCC cohort from initial diagnosis to death. Methods We enrolled 1687 consecutive patients with HCC who underwent initial diagnosis and treatment at the National Cancer Center, Korea, from January 2004 to December 2009. Results In total, 1357 patients (80.4%) showed RPRTs during median 20.4-month follow-up. Initial transplantation resulted in the least rate (32.3%) of RPRTs. Median treatment frequency was 3.0 times (range 1–20) and 382 patients (27.3%) received treatments ≥6 times. The median treatment frequency was different based on four factors (p
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