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Survival Analysis over 28 Years of 173,378 Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Japan
Author(s) -
Masatoshi Kudo,
Namiki Izumi,
Michiie Sakamoto,
Yutaka Matsuyama,
Takafumi Ichida,
Osamu Nakashima,
Osamu Matsui,
Yonson Ku,
Norihiro Kokudo,
Masatoshi Makuuchi
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
liver cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.916
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 2235-1795
pISSN - 1664-5553
DOI - 10.1159/000367775
Subject(s) - medicine , hepatocellular carcinoma , gastroenterology , prospective cohort study , cohort , liver cancer , carcinoma , surgery
Beginning in 1967, the Liver Cancer Study Group of Japan (LCSGJ) started a nationwide prospective registry of all patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) diagnosed at more than 700 institutions. To determine the effectiveness of surveillance and treatment methods longitudinally, we analyzed improvements over time in overall survival (OS) of 173,378 patients with HCC prospectively entered into the LCSGJ registry between 1978 and 2005.

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