Significance of liver resection for intermediate stage hepatocellular carcinoma according to subclassification.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients diagnosed with Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) intermediate stage hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) encompass a broad clinical population. Kinki criteria subclassifications have been proposed to better predict prognoses and determine appropriate treatment strategies for these patients. This study validated the prognostic significance within the Kinki criteria substages and analyzed the role of liver resection in patients with intermediate stage HCC.

Methods

Patients with intermediate stage HCC (n = 378) were retrospectively subclassified according to the Kinki criteria (B1, n = 123; B2, n = 225; and B3, n = 30). We analyzed the overall survival (OS) and treatment methods.

Results

The OS was significantly different between adjacent substages. Pati

SUBMITTER: Yamamoto M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8180017 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature