Association of Survival with Radiologic-Pathologic Discordance in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Nationwide Cohort Study Based on the Primary Liver Cancer Registry in Korea.

ABSTRACT:

Background/aims

No studies have investigated the effects of radiologic-pathologic discordance on the outcomes of patients who have undergone resection for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Therefore, we investigated the effects of these discrepancies on the outcomes of such patients.

Methods

This study included patients diagnosed with HCC on magnetic resonance imaging who underwent resection, including 1,790 from the Korean Primary Liver Cancer Registry (nationwide cohort) and 185 from Chungnam National University Hospital (hospital cohorts). Radiologic-pathologic discrepancies in five factors (maximum tumor diameter, tumor number, vascular invasion, bile duct invasion, and lymph node metastasis) were evaluated using Kaplan-Meier and Cox regression analyses.

Results

The

SUBMITTER: Rou WS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12261120 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature