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Clinical features, etiology, and survival of hepatocellular carcinoma among different countries
Author(s) -
OMATA MASAO,
DAN YOSHIYUKI,
DANIELE BRUNO,
PLENTZ RUBEN,
RUDOLPH KARL LENHARD,
MANNS MICHAEL,
PIRATVISUTH TEERHA,
CHEN DING S,
TATEISHI RYOSUKE,
CHUTAPUTTI ANUCHIT
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of gastroenterology and hepatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.214
H-Index - 130
eISSN - 1440-1746
pISSN - 0815-9319
DOI - 10.1046/j.1440-1746.17.s1.14.x
Subject(s) - medicine , hepatology , medical school , gastroenterology , family medicine , hepatocellular carcinoma , medical education
Data files including 50 clinical, biochemical and imaging parameters were obtained from 115 Japanese, 51 Thai and 103 Italian HCC patients; each from one institution. These 50 parameters included the mode of presentation at the onset, past and familial history of liver disease, history of blood transfusion, viral profiles, results of liver function tests, the severity of ‘background’ liver disease, and characteristics of the tumor (maximal diameter and number of cancer nodules and extension). The values were plotted in histograms, or shown in figures, and comparisons were made on the data obtained from different countries.The values were also subjected to analysis of variance, and existence of characteristic features of HCC peculiar to each country was explored.