NATURAL-HISTORY OF MINUTE HEPATOCELLULAR-CARCINOMA SMALLER THAN .3. CENTIMETERS COMPLICATING CIRRHOSIS - A STUDY IN 22 PATIENTS
NATURAL-HISTORY OF MINUTE HEPATOCELLULAR-CARCINOMA SMALLER THAN .3. CENTIMETERS COMPLICATING CIRRHOSIS - A STUDY IN 22 PATIENTS
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DOI:
10.1016/0016-5085(86)90923-6
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发表时间:
1986-02-01
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影响因子:
29.4
通讯作者:
OKUDA, K
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作者:
EBARA, M;OHTO, M;OKUDA, K
Twenty-two patients with cirrhosis and minute hepatocellular carcinoma < 3 cm in diameter were followed for periods of 6-37 mo without specific treatment. The survival curve drawn by the Kaplan-Meier method showed a 1-yr survival of 90.7%, a 2-yr survival of 55.0%, and a 3-yr survival of 12.8%. The ultrasonic patterns of these masses in the liver were correlated with the size and showed a tendency to change from a low echo pattern to a low periphery and, finally, to a massive pattern. The growth speed calculated from the doubling time for tumor volume varied considerably from case to case with an average of 6.5 .+-. 5.7 mo; it also changed in some cases during the observation period. Serum .alpha.-fetoprotein levels were generally low, rarely assisted in diagnosis, but tended to increase when the mass attained a diameter of > 3 cm; sudden aceleration in the rate of increase in .alpha.-fetoprotein level often coincided with a change of ultrasonic pattern to the massive one.