Additional Hepatocellular Carcinomas Undetectable before Surgery
Additional Hepatocellular Carcinomas Undetectable before Surgery
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手术前无法检测到的其他肝细胞癌
DOI:
10.1007/s002680010278
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发表时间:
2000
影响因子:
2.6
通讯作者:
H. Kinoshita
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作者:
T. Shuto;K. Hirohashi;T. Ikebe;S. Mikami;Takatsugu Yamamoto;S. Kubo;K. Wakasa;H. Kinoshita
The presence of small additional hepatocellular carcinomas (HCCs) undetectable before hepatic resection is a crucial topic for hepatic surgeons. We assessed the incidence of pathologically diagnosed multiple HCCs in 267 patients who underwent hepatic resection for HCC. Ninety‐five additional HCC nodules were detected in 72 of the patients (27%). The survival rate of these 72 patients was significant worse than for the 195 with single nodular HCC (p= 0.0013). Twenty‐one (22%) were detected before surgery, 29 (31%) during surgery, and 45 (47%) on pathologic examination after surgery. The mean nodule diameters for each group were 2.1, 1.0, and 0.9 cm, respectively (p< 0.0001). None of the 21 nodules detected before surgery was well differentiated, whereas 30 of the 74 nodules in the other two groups were well‐differentiated. Although the mean nodule diameter of the well‐differentiated HCC group was the smallest, there was no significant difference among the three groups assigned according to tumor differentiation (p= 0.2355). Altogether, 9 of 16 patients with additional nodules detected before surgery (56%) and 49 of 59 with additional nodules detected during or after surgery (88%) had cirrhosis of the liver. The odds ratio for detecting a new HCC nodule during or after surgery in the presence of cirrhosis was 5.444 (p= 0.0087). Improvement in the detection of small additional HCC nodules before and during surgery and meticulous follow‐up after surgery are necessary for patients with cirrhosis. For patients without cirrhosis, surgical treatment may be performed according to the results of preoperative imaging studies.