Trends in radiotherapy administration in the management of hepatocellular carcinoma: Analysis of a Korean tertiary hospital registry of hepatocellular carcinoma patients diagnosed between 2005 and 2017.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To present the trends in radiotherapy for the management of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) at a single tertiary referral hospital in South Korea.

Materials and methods

We retrospectively reviewed prospectively collected registry data of patients newly diagnosed with HCC between January 2005 and December 2017 at the Samsung Medical Center. Trends in radiotherapy, delivery techniques, tumor stage, and age were evaluated.

Results

During the study period, 9,132 patients were newly diagnosed with HCC at our institution. Of these, 2,445 patients (26.8%) received radiotherapy for all lesions, including extrahepatic metastases; 1,865 patients (20.4%) received radiotherapy for intrahepatic lesions alone, and 469 patients (5.1%) received radiotherapy as initial manageme

SUBMITTER: Bae BK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9355731 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature