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Impact of tumor size on hepatectomy outcomes in hepatocellular carcinoma: a nationwide propensity score matching analysis
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- Issue Date
- 2022-04
- Publisher
- 대한외과학회
- Citation
- 대한외과학회지, Vol.102 No.4, pp.193-204
- Abstract
- Purpose: The aim of this study was to compare surgical outcomes after liver resection for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) according to tumor size using a large, nationwide cancer registry-based cohort and propensity score matching. Methods: From 2008 to 2015, a total of 12,139 patients were diagnosed with liver cancer and registered in the Korean Primary Liver Cancer Registry. Patients without distant metastasis who underwent hepatectomy as a primary treatment were selected. We performed 1:1 propensity score matching between the small (<5 cm), large (>= 5 cm and <10 cm), and huge (>= 10 cm) groups. Results: Overall, 265 patients in the small and large groups were compared, and 64 patients each in the large and huge groups were compared. The overall and progression-free survival rates were significantly lower in the large group than in the small group (P < 0.001 and P < 0.001, respectively). Overall survival tended to be poorer in the huge group than in the large group (P = 0.051). The progression-free survival rate was significantly lower in the huge group than in the large group (P = 0.002). Conclusion: Although primary liver resection can be considered even in patients with huge HCC, greater caution with careful screening for recurrence is needed.
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- 2288-6575
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