TY - JOUR
T1 - No treatment, resection and ethanol injection in hepatocellular carcinoma
T2 - a retrospective analysis of survival in 391 patients with cirrhosis
AU - Livraghi, Tito
AU - Bolondi, Luigi
AU - Buscarini, Luigi
AU - Cottone, Mario
AU - Mazziotti, Alighieri
AU - Morabito, Alberto
AU - Torzilli, Guido
PY - 1995
Y1 - 1995
N2 - Background/Aims: This retrospective study was undertaken to obtain information relevant to the therapeutic strategy in single hepatocellular carcinoma associated with Child's A and B cirrhosis. Methods: From a total of 1108 consecutive patients with hepatocellular carcinoma, 391 patients with single, small (≤5 cm) hepatocellular carcinoma (260 in Child A class and 131 in Child B class) were observed: 120 were treated by surgical resection, 155 by percutaneous ethanol injection and 116 were untreated. The end point of the study was 3-year survival. The log rank test was used to compare survival among the different groups. Results: In the Child A group the cumulative 3-year survival was 79% for surgery, 71% for percutaneous ethanol injection and 26% for no treatment (p
AB - Background/Aims: This retrospective study was undertaken to obtain information relevant to the therapeutic strategy in single hepatocellular carcinoma associated with Child's A and B cirrhosis. Methods: From a total of 1108 consecutive patients with hepatocellular carcinoma, 391 patients with single, small (≤5 cm) hepatocellular carcinoma (260 in Child A class and 131 in Child B class) were observed: 120 were treated by surgical resection, 155 by percutaneous ethanol injection and 116 were untreated. The end point of the study was 3-year survival. The log rank test was used to compare survival among the different groups. Results: In the Child A group the cumulative 3-year survival was 79% for surgery, 71% for percutaneous ethanol injection and 26% for no treatment (p
KW - Liver tumors
KW - Natural history
KW - Percutaneous ethanol injection
KW - Surgery
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U2 - 10.1016/0168-8278(95)80445-5
DO - 10.1016/0168-8278(95)80445-5
M3 - Article
C2 - 7650331
AN - SCOPUS:0029027614
VL - 22
SP - 522
EP - 526
JO - Journal of Hepatology
JF - Journal of Hepatology
SN - 0168-8278
IS - 5
ER -