Some patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) at an early stage cannot attain long-term survival after hepatectomy. The aim of the present study was to investigate the poor prognostic factors for hepatectomy in patients with resectable small HCC with cirrhosis.
Department of Surgery, Division of Digestive Surgery, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, 465, Kajii-cho, Hirokoji-kawaramachi, Kamigyo-ku, 602-8566, Japan. tochiai@koto.kpu-m.ac.jp