A propensity score matching study on survival benefits of radiotherapy in patients with inoperable hepatocellular carcinoma.

ABSTRACT: With the advancements in radiotherapy (RT) in recent years, several studies have shown that RT can significantly prolong the survival of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). As a noninvasive treatment option, the application of RT for the treatment of HCC is garnering increasing attention. In this retrospective study, we included data from 13,878 patients with HCC from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database between 2000 and 2019 and 325 patients with HCC treated in three tertiary hospitals in China between 2015 and 2021. Patient data were divided into RT and non-RT groups based on whether the patients underwent RT. Propensity score matching analysis was performed to minimize the deviation between the RT and non-RT groups, and the Kaplan-Meier method, Cox p

SUBMITTER: Zeng H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10140032 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature