Risk factors of recurrence after curative resection of hepatocellular carcinoma in Taiwan

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 341, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 301-304

  Lai, Shih Wei ^b   Liao, Kuan Fu ^a   Lin, Chung Yi ^a   Huang, Chi Hung ^a   Lin, Yi Ying ^a  

^a BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aspartate aminotransferase; Cirrhosis; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Recurrence; Tumor size

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURGERY; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; TAIWAN; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 79953186120     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e3181ff5d93     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Ikeda K, Saitoh S, Tsubota A, et al. Risk factors for tumor recurrence and prognosis after curative resection of hepatocellular carcinoma. Cancer 1993;71:19-25. (Pubitemid 23019276)
2. Chen MF, Hwang TL, Jeng LB, et al. Postoperative recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma. Two hundred five consecutive patients who underwent hepatic resection in 15 years. Arch Surg 1994;129:738-42.
3. Jwo SC, Chiu JH, Chau GY, et al. Risk factors linked to tumor recurrence of human hepatocellular carcinoma after hepatic resection. Hepatology 1992;16:1367-71.
4. Yu HC, Cheng JS, Lai KH, et al. Factors for early tumor recurrence of single small hepatocellular carcinoma after percutaneous radiofrequency ablation therapy. World J Gastroenterol 2005;11:1439-44.
5. Huang YH, Wu JC, Chen CH, et al. Comparison of recurrence after hepatic resection in patients with hepatitis B vs. hepatitis C-related small hepatocellular carcinoma in hepatitis B virus endemic area. Liver Int 2005;25:236-41.
6. Lam VW, Ng KK, Chok KS, et al. Risk factors and prognostic factors of local recurrence after radiofrequency ablation of hepatocellular carcinoma. J Am Coll Surg 2008;207:20-9.
7. Ibrahim S, Roychowdhury A, Hean TK. Risk factors for intrahepatic recurrence after hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma. Am J Surg 2007;194:17-22. (Pubitemid 46881151)
8. Okuwaki Y, Nakazawa T, Shibuya A, et al. Intrahepatic distant recurrence after radiofrequency ablation for a single small hepatocellular carcinoma: risk factors and patterns. J Gastroenterol 2008; 43:71-8. (Pubitemid 351324989)
9. Yamanaka Y, Shiraki K, Miyashita K, et al. Risk factors for the recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma after radiofrequency ablation of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with hepatitis C. World J Gastroenterol 2005;11:2174-8. (Pubitemid 40542666)
10. Ohki T, Tateishi R, Shiina S, et al. Visceral fat accumulation is an independent risk factor for hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence after curative treatment in patients with suspected NASH. Gut 2009;58:839-44.
11. Department of Health, Taiwan. Main Causes of Death in 2009. Available at: http://www.doh.gov.tw/CHT2006/DM/DM2-2.aspx?now-fod-list-no=11122&class-no= 440&level-no=3. Accessed August 1, 2010.
12. Kuzuya T, Katano Y, Kumada T, et al. Efficacy of antiviral therapy with lamivudine after initial treatment for hepatitis B virus-related hepatocellular carcinoma. J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2007;22:1929-35.
13. Edmondson HA, Steiner PE. Primary carcinoma of the liver: a study of 100 cases among 48900 necropsies. Cancer 1954;7:462-503.
14. Cancer of the Liver Italian Program (CLIP) investigators: a new prognostic system for hepatocellular carcinoma: a retrospective study of 435 patients. Hepatology 1998;28:751-5.
15. Ishii H, Okada S, Nose H, et al. Predictive factors for recurrence after percutaneous ethanol injection for solitary hepatocellular carcinoma. Hepatogastroenterology 1996;43:938-43. (Pubitemid 26308377)
16. Hanazaki K, Kajikawa S, Shimozawa N, et al. Survival and recurrence after hepatic resection of 386 consecutive patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. J Am Coll Surg 2000;191:381-8.
17. Poon RT, Fan ST, Ng IO, et al. Different risk factors and prognosis for early and late intrahepatic recurrence after resection of hepatocellular carcinoma. Cancer 2000;89:500-7. (Pubitemid 30640096)
18. Tarao K, Ohkawa S, Shimizu A, et al. Significance of hepatocellular proliferation in the development of hepatocellular carcinoma from anti-hepatitis C virus-positive cirrhotic patients. Cancer 1994; 73:1149-54. (Pubitemid 24061608)
19. Rua S, Comino A, Fruttero A, et al. Flow cytometric DNA analysis of cirrhotic liver cells in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma can provide a new prognostic factor. Cancer 1996;78:1195-202. (Pubitemid 26303884)
20. Kubo S, Hirohashi K, Tanaka H, et al. Risk factors for recurrence after resection of hepatitis C virus-related hepatocellular carcinoma. World J Surg 2000;24:1559-65. (Pubitemid 32047287)
21. Fuke H, Sugimoto K, Shiraki K, et al. Predictive factors for distant recurrence of HCV-related hepatocellular carcinoma after radiofrequency ablation combined with chemoembolization. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2008;27:1253-60. (Pubitemid 351697269)