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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-4-13
pubmed:abstractText
Fifty-one cases of resected hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) were retrospectively analyzed to evaluate the clinicopathologic features of HCC in patients with negative virus markers. The data were compared between three groups: hepatitis B surface antigen positive (HB, n = 11), hepatitis C virus antibody positive (HC, n = 21), and non-BC (both HbsAg and HCVAb negative, n = 12). Seven patients were excluded from the study because of operative death (n = 3), a history of alcohol abuse (n = 3), or the presence of dual positive HB and HC virus markers (n = 1). The data were analyzed by either an analysis of variance (ANOVA) or a contingency table. The age of the non-BC patients was higher (63.0 +/- 4.1, +/- SE) than that of HB patients (54.0 +/- 3.2, p < 0.05) but was identical to that of the HC group (62.0 +/- 1.8). Among the preoperative laboratory data, the serum glutamic oxaloacetate and glutamate pyruvate transaminoses (GOT, GPT) levels were statistically lower in the non-BC patients (32.8 +/- 4.8 and 28.0 +/- 4.4 IU/L, respectively) than in the HB and HC patients. The pathologic features of the resected specimens in the non-BC patients showed more invasive growth than in specimens from the HB or HC patients. The clinical stages (defined based on the criteria of the Japanese Association of Hepatocellular Carcinoma) were also more advanced in the non-BC patients than in the other groups. Postoperative survival time showed no significant difference among the groups. In conclusion, the non-BC patients had comparatively greater invasive growth and more advanced clinical stages than the HB and HC patients, despite the absence of liver cirrhosis, and so demonstrated the same poor survival data as observed in the HB and HC patients.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0364-2313
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
23
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
301-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9933703-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:9933703-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:9933703-Alanine Transaminase, pubmed-meshheading:9933703-Analysis of Variance, pubmed-meshheading:9933703-Aspartate Aminotransferases, pubmed-meshheading:9933703-Carcinoma, Hepatocellular, pubmed-meshheading:9933703-DNA, Viral, pubmed-meshheading:9933703-Female, pubmed-meshheading:9933703-Hepatitis B Surface Antigens, pubmed-meshheading:9933703-Hepatitis C Antibodies, pubmed-meshheading:9933703-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:9933703-Liver Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:9933703-Male, pubmed-meshheading:9933703-Microsatellite Repeats, pubmed-meshheading:9933703-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:9933703-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:9933703-Retrospective Studies, pubmed-meshheading:9933703-Survival Rate
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Characteristics of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with negative virus markers: clinicopathologic study of resected tumors.
pubmed:affiliation
First Department of Surgery, University of Ryukyus, School of Medicine, Uehara 207, Nishihara-cho, Okinawa 903-01, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study